I Won't Help You Anymore!

"When I saw those humans who were weaker than me, who were going to war for the first time, who knew that staying there would likely mean death, yet who still stubbornly held their posts and refused to retreat, I finally understood everything—"

"Determination and willpower are not related to a person's strength. Even the weakest human can radiate the brilliance of their soul when they want to protect something. Since they can do that, and choose to run away time and time again, how can I, filled with fear, continue to run away? So after hearing Mage Merry describe the situation here and the battlefield you are fighting on, I came here!"

Benkei said firmly, this time without a trace of confusion in his words.

"You mean... you won't be a coward anymore?"

After hearing his words, a faint smile appeared on Ushiwakamaru's lips, though Benkei couldn't see it.

Benkei nodded solemnly and replied, "That's right! Lord Yoshitsune, this time I will never leave your side again. I will fight alongside you to the very end, even if it means dying here! But please be careful, our opponents are monsters far beyond human imagination!"

"—Hahahahahaha! In that case, I'll wait and see."

After hearing Benkei's words, Ushiwakamaru immediately burst into laughter. After her inner knot was untied, she no longer clung to the past and things that had happened not long ago, but instead devoted herself even more wholeheartedly to the battlefield.

"Benkei, cover me!"

She shouted and then gave the instructions.

"Leave it all to me, Lord Yoshitsune!"

Benkei responded with a furious roar, swinging his longsword wildly, each swing sending several Demonic Beast's heads flying. Behind Ushiwakamaru, Benkei relentlessly slayed the Demonic Beast attempting to attack his blind spots, clearing a path for Ushiwakamaru's charge.

This is the battlefield located in front of the city gate, an even more brutal battlefield.

Their deep penetration into the enemy's rear was intended to draw fire and Demonic Beast aggro, reducing pressure on the defenders at the city gates and buying them more time to regroup and await reinforcements. Their efforts were clearly not in vain; their relentless slaughter boosted the morale of the soldiers on the city walls, dispelling their initial panic and intensifying the atmosphere of the battlefield. To withstand the beast tide with such numbers—a seemingly impossible feat—was something these heroic Heroic Spirit, summoned by King Gilgamesh, were striving to make a reality.

"Seriously, while it's incredibly satisfying to chop them down, there are just too many of them, Benkei! Did these damned Demonic Beast just appear out of thin air?"

Ushiwakamaru stepped to the left, lightly dodging the beast's pounce. At the same time, he plunged his katana into the beast's ear, then yanked it out and flicked it. The spray of blood from the blade landed precisely in the eyes of the next two Demonic Beasts. Ushiwakamaru then dodged forward and delivered a horizontal slash, cleaving another Demonic Beast in two.

"I am unaware, Lord Yoshitsune. Although I am also a monk, I still know very little about Collapsals and monsters. However, I know that all we can do now is to do our best to subdue them in this situation."

As Benkei answered, he tried to pull out the long sword that was stuck inside the Demonic Beast's body and pinned down. However, after realizing that he couldn't get it out, he immediately reached for the other weapons on his back to continue his counterattack, but several Demonic Beasts had already taken advantage of the chaos to attack.

"—Snap!"

That was the sound of teeth piercing flesh. Benkei's back was being gripped tightly by a Demonic Beast, which wanted to tear him apart and rip the flesh from his body.

"Damn Demonic Beast!"

Feeling the pain in his body, Benkei cursed under his breath, but reacted quickly. He reached out with his other hand, grabbed the Demonic Beast's head, and slammed it to the ground. Then, he punched it until it shattered, his fist instantly covered in blood.

Due to his inherent abilities, his body's hardness even surpasses that of ordinary Servant, making it difficult for even the sharp teeth of Demonic Beast to tear him apart. However—

"What should we do now? This battle will never end, will it? Mage Merry said that if we want to end the battle, we must deal with the entity behind the Demonic Beast, so she sent me to assassinate the leader of these Demonic Beasts. But if I do that, won't I be swallowed up before I even see the leader?"

Not only Benkei, but Ushiwakamaru, who had also experienced such an offensive, also cried out in pain at this moment.

She shed the flesh and blood from the mortal body and looked at a hill nearly a kilometer away from them. There stood a dark purple Demonic Beast, completely different in appearance from the other Demonic Beast. It was the leader of the Demonic Beast on this battlefield, one of the Eleven Children, the Scorpion Man.

Ushiwakamaru and Benkei learned of this news from Merry and received a mission. Their ultimate goal was to kill the Tiamat offspring who was the leader. They thought that with the skills of Servant, this would not be difficult for them. However, this offensive was extremely large, and the assassination progress was completely stalled. Being able to hold back the battlefield and prevent the front line from collapsing was already the limit. By the time the two of them got there, they would be exhausted.

"No, we have to think of another way!" Ushiwakamaru said.

"Lord Yoshitsune!"

However, just as Ushiwakamaru was pondering, the strange bird in the sky locked onto her and launched an attack during the gap. Benkei behind her hurriedly warned her, but it was too late; the strange bird was already above her head.

"Hateful..."

Ushiwakamaru gripped the hilt of her sword and raised her weapon to defend herself, fixing her gaze on the strange bird in the sky. With her skills, it wouldn't be difficult to defend against such an attack; she just needed to wait for it to strike and then cut it down.

However, the Demonic Beast ahead were also charging forward, and she could no longer deal with them at the same time. If she jumped to dodge, the strange birds in the sky would attack, but if she dealt with the strange birds, she would be ambushed by the Demonic Beast, putting her in a dilemma.

However--

"Gah!!"

In an instant, the strange bird circling in the sky was struck down by a golden sword aura that erupted from afar, turning into ashes and successfully helping Ushiwakamaru escape his predicament.

"Ha, Merry Melly? You've been a great help..."

Ushiwakamaru looked at Meli on the city wall, who was brandishing a holy sword that she had pulled out from somewhere and was beginning to gather sword energy and wildly swing it across the battlefield. Merry stretched out her arm and waved to her, then gritted her teeth slightly, no longer daring to let her mind wander, and began to move forward seriously.

"This battlefield is a bit troublesome. Ushiwakamaru and Benkei alone will have a hard time handling it. If this continues, it's only a matter of time before they can't hold out. Should I take the initiative to kill that Demonic Beast? But..."

"This Demonic Beast is less Demonic Beast and more a manifestation of pure malice. It is indeed a monster that crawled out of the Primordial Sea. It seems that Tiamat's self-seal has been almost completely broken."

Merry frowned inwardly, already guessing the answer.

Although she had seen and fought Kingu's resurrected Eleven Children before, and the latter's goal was also to kill humans, their nature was completely different from the Eleven Children now.

The Scorpion Man of that time, although Demonic Beast, could still sense some emotion and rationality within him. But this one now is nothing more than a mass called Scorpion Man, but in reality, it is just an aggregate of malice. It feels as if all rational elements have been removed from its base, leaving only murderous intent and the primal instinct to kill.

These are not Tiamat's Eleven Children, and these Demonic Beasts are not real Demonic Beast either. They are merely vessels that Tiamat maliciously condensed in the Sea of Life.

"..."

Merry drew her holy sword, her eyes narrowing slightly as she fixed her gaze on the purple Demonic Beast, preparing to set off. Under normal circumstances, she certainly wouldn't have taken action herself; at most, she would have given some guidance, letting the humans and other Servant handle the situation themselves, while she would have sat on the city wall with a joyful expression, watching this theatrical performance put on for her by humans and Demonic Beast.

As for the splattering blood, sharp teeth piercing flesh, and the loss of life?

It is indeed quite pitiful, but so what?

What does this have to do with her? She didn't kill the person herself, so why would she save them?

She is not human, and has no kindness. All she has are the most primal pursuits and pleasures. If she were confused, she might join in for role-playing. But now her inner void has long been filled, so even if they all die, it has nothing to do with her.

From the moment she arrived at this Singularity, what she did wasn't for Human Order, for humankind, or for Uruk; it was solely for the person she loved, and simply because Rovey liked it. It wasn't for any grander cause. Although she genuinely wanted to turn back and leave, Merry knew that if she left, Rovey would truly sever ties with her, making any further development of their relationship impossible. And if this place were breached and many people died, he would be heartbroken...

Merry didn't really want to see him sad, although she secretly hoped it would be, but the thought of him being sad and crying made her heart ache.

So--

"Let's take this a little more seriously."

She sighed, then gripped the holy sword in her hand, preparing to go into battle and resolve the predicament on this side.

But the next moment—

Boom!!

A beam of light shot into the sky, illuminating half the night sky. She looked up and saw a golden light and a deafening roar erupt simultaneously from the northern part of the battle line. The terrifying power that followed could be seen even from the main gate.

"This is?!"

On the battlefield, Ushiwakamaru Benkei were shocked by this scene.

Merry smiled and then sheathed her holy sword.

"Oh well, it seems I don't need to worry about it now."

As her words fell, a dazzling golden meteor suddenly descended, instantly vaporizing the thousands of Demonic Beast blocking Ushiwakamaru's path.

——

At this moment, on the battlefield leading from the north towards the main gate, numerous lion-like Demonic Beast beasts stood in great numbers, their sheer numbers overwhelming.

However, they were invisible to Rovey.

He stared straight at the purple Demonic Beast perched atop the hill in the distance.

Now his only goal is the Eleven Children; everything else is meaningless!

"Roar roar roar roar—!!"

Terrifying roars of beasts rose and fell.

The Demonic Beast spotted Rovey's dazzling figure and were enraged.

Their leader is being approached by tiny humans!

This is absolutely unforgivable.

Humans, who are merely food, have dared to intrude upon this place! They even dared to try and get close to the leader!

Unforgivable!!

Noticing the golden meteor streaking across the battlefield, the Demonic Beast charged toward Rovey, their faces contorted in a ferocious grimace, radiating a terrifying and savage aura of killing intent.

In an instant, the battlefield surged and the earth churned, and soon, like a tidal wave, it swept towards Rovey, overwhelming him. At this moment, Rovey, all alone, was like a small boat on a vast ocean, about to be swallowed by this flood of fear.

But!

"Sizzle—crackling crackling!!!"

He remained silent, only clenching his fist slightly. Suddenly, a terrifying sound resounded, and the Light Wheel behind Rovey rotated slightly. Then, countless golden lightning bolts erupted around him.

The surging golden lightning was like one terrifying divine blade after another, bombarding the onrushing Demonic Beast.

These golden lightning bolts were extracted from the absolute heat and energy of the Light Wheel Humanity Incineration, each possessing extremely strong power, comparable to the release of multiple holy swords. So, all that could be heard were several ear-piercing crackling sounds, and the Demonic Beast that came into contact with the golden lightning were directly blasted into pieces without even having a chance to struggle.

The golden aura emanating from Rovey surged even more violently with each step he took, and the Light Wheel behind him shot out several beams of light across the battlefield like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, unleashing wave after wave of relentless bombardment.

As he advanced, golden whips of light, resembling startled dragons, emanated from around Rovey, sweeping across the surroundings.

"Boom! Boom!!"

The sounds, like muffled thunderclaps, rose and fell.

The earth cracked open, the battlefield was divided, and huge rocks shot into the sky. The Demonic Beast that were blown away were melted into spiritual particles in an instant. Many more Demonic Beast were swept away by the golden light whips, and some even fell into the trenches created when the earth was torn apart.

The entire outskirts of Uruk present an apocalyptic scene.

Two-thirds of the tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts on the northern battlefield were wiped out by Rovey alone. He searched for the aura of the Eleven Children of Tiamat as he traversed the vast sea of beasts.

He was like a mythical sword that parted the sea, forcibly carving a path through the vast sea of Demonic Beast, causing countless Demonic Beasts to perish in an instant.

At this moment, Rovey is too powerful.

This power is not in quantity, but in absolute quality, which is overwhelming.

Under the magical power supplied by the Greater Light Wheel and through the transformation of heat, although his body and hands constantly endured the scorching pain of the burning temperature, his power also became enough to move heaven and earth.

A mere few hundred thousand Demonic Beast were nothing to him; he could surround them all by himself.

However, due to the damage to his condition, his only target is the Eleven Children.

To catch the thief, you must first catch the king. Only by eliminating the Eleven Children as quickly as possible can everything be calmed down.

And now—

"I've finally found you!"

Gazing at the purple figure on the hill above the main battlefield, Rovey clenched his fist without hesitation, manipulating the Ten Commandments to frantically gather magic power on the surface.

In an instant, a tragic aura of destruction condensed on his fist. Then, with a sudden swing of Rovey golden light, a terrifying beam of energy shot out from the direction of the Ten Rings. With a clang, the blinding golden light carved a straight path through the beast tide at the last moment of dawn, engulfing and annihilating all the magical beasts, including the Eleven Children Scorpion Man, and all the surrounding Demonic Beast. They didn't even know what had happened.

"I was just wondering who used the power of the Light Wheel, and it really was you..."

A familiar voice rang in his ears. Rovey looked up and saw Goetia's incredibly familiar face floating in the gradually whitening sky.

Chapter 264 I won't help you anymore!

"It's you."

With a soft sigh, Rovey tightly gripped the dazzling light condensed from golden magic in his palm. He slightly raised his head and looked at the figure in the sky.

The sound just now was undoubtedly made by him.

And this white-haired, familiar-faced figure was none other than Goetia, the one who was prophesied to appear and whom he had not seen for a long time.

At this moment, Goetia, dressed in his usual magnificent robe, stepped into the void, his entire body suspended in the sky. His eyes, which were quietly looking at Rovey, were filled with complexity, and the expression on his handsome face couldn't help but change slightly.

He didn't say anything, but quietly looked down at the ring on Rovey's finger, feeling the precious magic power that was transmitted from it. Whether it was the small Light Wheel behind Rovey or the golden light he casually swung out, they were all just energy extracted by him personally burning Human Order.

When Goetia saw that Rovey had used this energy to such an extent, he couldn't help but murmur softly.

"Truly worthy of Solomon! Even if he had to give up everything and start over, his glory and wisdom would not be tarnished. He was able to use the energy of the Light Wheel so quickly..."

Goetia stared at the scene in disbelief, about to say something. But when she thought of the familiar figure below, and recalled his abilities and greatness, she ultimately accepted this seemingly illogical yet perfectly normal answer, though it was still somewhat illogical.

Although he was the original owner of the Ten Commandments and the true controller of the Temple of Time, he had lost them for so long and had replaced everything he owned. Even if he possessed intelligence, it should have taken time for him to regain control of the Temple of Time. Now, he had only just retrieved the Ten Rings, yet he was already able to directly draw magic from the Light Wheel again.

Solomon is as enigmatic as ever...

No matter what form he takes, there is no problem in this world that can stump him.

Goetia thought so.

The reason he appeared here was because, while he was patiently waiting and focusing on recovering his strength, he noticed the Demonic Beast that had crawled out of the Arabian Sea, as well as eleven monsters that were of some strength. He was curious and came to check the situation in anticipation of the execution of his plan.

After all, the appearance of the Eleven Children of Tiamat has different symbolic meanings in Sumerian Mythology.

In mythological records, they are neither human nor god, nor simply magical Demonic Beast.