The Resurgent Ocean

So he told Ritsuka not to worry too much, that Chaldea would take good care of themselves, but that they couldn't help much anymore. He earnestly reminded Ritsuka to be careful and to work with Rovey to repair the Singularity, and that all the Heroic Spirit would be cheering them on.

Just as they were communicating, a battle that would determine the turning point of this Singularity finally came to an end.

The ideological conflict between Anna and Gorgon, the struggle between the past and the future, and the debate between protection and revenge have finally reached a conclusion.

Gorgon was right. In terms of strength, Anna and Gorgon were both Gorgon, and they were almost equal, making it difficult to determine a winner. However, because Anna had the blessing of Tiamat, she had a slight advantage. If the fight continued, she would definitely be the winner. But she didn't consider another point.

That is faith and courage.

She needed to survive in order to exact revenge, and she needed to produce a large number of Demonic Beast, so she was focused on survival from the very beginning of this battle.

But Anna was different. From the very beginning of the battle, she was prepared to die with Gorgon, showing no mercy and fearlessness in the face of death, both for Gorgon and for herself. This ultimately led to her being the one to emerge victorious.

After all, in battle, one is driven by the belief that they must die while the other simply wants to live. Their levels of purity and the power they wield are not on the same level, which is why Gorgon was defeated.

Anna's enormous body stood tall in the sky, Petrifying Mystic Eyes activated. Countless snake hairs gathered together, forming a huge Magecraft circle in front of her chest. Dense magic power converged to form a magic pillar with a diameter of ten meters.

Gorgon's eyes narrowed sharply as he looked at the terrifying pillar of magic.

She knew what it was, of course, and she knew Anna was preparing to go to hell with her.

Goodbye, Gorgon.

Anna spoke softly, while Gorgon was frantically shouting why.

Until the very last moment, she still couldn't understand what drove Anna to take her to hell, even at the cost of burning her Spirit Origin.

On her deathbed, she wanted to give up everything and burn herself out to fight Anna to the death.

But when she actually started, she suddenly realized that she had nothing left to burn with, because she had already been alone when she embarked on this path. Memories, beauty, life, and family had all disappeared. What did she have left to burn with?

At that moment, Anna in the sky immediately unleashed a magic pillar towards Gorgon, who was slowly rising on the ground.

Amidst endless light and heat, Gorgon's body was being gradually destroyed, and she reached out to grab Anna.

"Medusa..."

Gorgon muttered to himself, uttering that familiar name.

In the end, what did she see? And what did she manage to grasp?

Nobody knows.

She simply clasped her hands together, then gently closed her eyes. The enormous body was gradually destroyed within the magic pillar until it completely disappeared.

Far off on the Arabian Sea, Kingu, having just confirmed Tiamat's situation, looked in the direction where Gorgon had been destroyed, a deep sadness welling up in his eyes. Gilgamesh, standing beside him, was unsure what to say.

At that moment, towering waves surged in the distant Arabian Sea, and Tiamat's voice echoed out.

"Aaaaa~"

"It's finally here!"

Kingu's expression turned serious.

Chapter 281 The Resurrected Ocean

"Aaaa--!!"

Tiamat's resounding voice began to echo across the Arabian Sea, followed by an extremely terrifying force carrying towering waves that began to spread continuously.

In an instant, the once calm sea and Mesopotamia were plunged into unimaginable pressure.

Dark clouds filled the sky, the ocean was pitch black, the earth cracked open, and all life was plunging into self-destruction.

"This is?"

Sitting atop a small mountain made up of tens of thousands of Demonic Beast skeletons, Rovey, his left hand supporting his chin, suddenly turned his head and his eyes narrowed slightly. Reflected in his eyes was a dark beam of light shooting from above the ocean into the sky at a distorted spatial node in the distant sky.

Suddenly, a storm brewed.

The pitch-black fog, carrying pure malice, or perhaps the most primal desire, covered the sky, its appearance resembling that of a primordial planet at its creation, with lightning flashing within, and the clouds and atmosphere changing. The entire celestial phenomenon was being manipulated and altered by an unknown force.

The terrifying black fog spread rapidly, and in a short time it drifted out from the clear Arabian Sea, enveloping the entire Arabian Sea. Wherever it passed, flowers and plants withered, and life vanished. Then, a completely new, bizarre life form appeared, one that was forbidden by the laws of life.

Boom, boom--!!

On the twisted surface of the sea, a colossal dragon's body struggles, appearing and disappearing, while pitch-black rain, accompanied by black mist, washes over the world.

"This is terrible, is this really the case?"

Kingu watched this scene, gritting his teeth, staring at the distorted ocean with sorrow and pain. He then slowly spoke to Gilgamesh beside him, "Because the power of the Beast Goddess was divided, Mother would reclaim this power upon Gorgon's death, bringing herself closer to completeness. Now that the shackles are gone, Mother's punishment is coming. Moreover, the situation has exceeded my expectations. What we face next is not just a simple army of Demonic Beast; new life is coming. This is no longer a minor skirmish between Singularity; new life is about to challenge humanity's Throne of Primates."

As he spoke, a look of reminiscence appeared on Kingu's face, which was filled with pain.

In the beginning, the current state of affairs was exactly what she had hoped for.

Humans who betrayed their mothers were punished. New life forms the Root challenged humanity's Throne of Primates, took its place, and then reconstructed the life structure, endowing it with genes of loyalty and creating an environment that belonged to the mother, allowing her to survive.

But now, having understood his mother's intentions and all that had happened, Kingu was acutely aware of the pain his mother felt upon seeing this scene.

To kill one's own child and trample on their world.

This was hell for Tiamat.

Gilgamesh frowned at Kingu's words, looking at the creatures Kingu called new life emerging in the ocean, and said seriously, "Are they Demonic Beast or something new? You should know better than me, right?"

"Yes, I know exactly what they are. They are beings born from the prototype of my brother Lahmu. They are the most tenacious species, the most suitable to negate humanity from its the Root."

Kingu nodded and explained, "The so-called Demonic Beast attacks have only been minor skirmishes. This is just the beginning—because Mother created everything, gave everything to her children, and yet in the end, even her living space is being taken away. These creatures have come to reclaim their living space (the world) in Mother's place."

Upon hearing Kingu's words, Gilgamesh's expression also became extremely serious.

He gazed solemnly at the ocean, at the monsters that were so different from Demonic Beast yet so terrifying, and fell into deep thought. Similarly, he glanced at the plains, where Uruk and the Heroic Spirit that still existed stood.

Although he was worried, he couldn't easily leave since he had come early to secure the area. All he could do now was fulfill his responsibilities, pray for them, and hope that the guy would move quickly.

After all...

He glanced again at the Lahmu people, who were emerging from the ocean like a locust plague.

This number is no joke!

--

Are they already leaving?

The collapsed Blood Shrine sealed Gorgon, and Anna, whose body had also been overexerted and reverted to her juvenile form, knelt before a huge pit, clutching her chest.

She gripped the weapon in her trembling hand, murmuring, "I'm sorry to have made you feel uneasy until the very end, but please rest in peace, my other self, Gorgon. Soon I too will disappear, and then I will tell you my story..."

Then--

Anna turned around and glanced at Rovey, who had appeared behind her, then nodded.

"I'm sorry, I have to leave now. It's up to you now."

As she spoke, her entire body began to dissipate at an extremely rapid pace.

In order to destroy Gorgon, she has burned her Spirit Origin and everything else, and now her body has reached its limit and she can no longer fight.

This is also the moment she has always said she will be leaving the stage.

Without receiving a reply, under Rovey's watchful gaze, Anna's mangled body plummeted into the deep pit ahead, following the direction in which Gorgon's body sank, and she disappeared completely from sight.

"Anna ..."

Watching her disappear, Rovey spoke softly, then reached out and grabbed forward, whereupon a wisp of purple light scattered from his palm.

He looked towards the cave entrance, but below, apart from darkness, there was nothing at all.

"It has been confirmed that the Gorgon's Spirit Origin reactions have disappeared, including Miss Anna's..."

While Rovey was busy crushing the Demonic Beast horde, Merlin, now free from Demonic Beast interference, along with Mash who had just woken up and Ritsuka, came to Uruk to check on the situation. When they arrived, they saw Anna fighting against the two giant serpents, Gorgon. As they got closer, they saw Anna and Gorgon falling to their deaths.

Mash announced the result with a trembling voice.

Merlin was also saddened by Anna's sacrifice, but more than this—

"Get out of here quickly! It may sound cruel to say this now, but your place is about to collapse!"

Dr. Roman's voice came through the live-streaming equipment that Merlin was carrying.

"Let's go, Rovey, this is just the beginning... and it's Anna's choice too."

Merlin approached Rovey and patted him on the shoulder, intending to offer some comfort, but he noticed that Rovey's face showed no sadness; instead, he was actually... smiling?

"I know, after all, this is exactly what I thought."

He was indeed laughing.

What are you doing...?

Merlin was somewhat surprised, and also somewhat curious.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something interesting. Anyway, let's head out now, we'll see each other again soon."

Rovey turned to Merlin, Mash, Ritsuka and said, "Let's leave together. Time waits for no one. If we continue, Gilgamesh will definitely retaliate."

"Eh? But Miss Anna, she--"

Seeing Rovey so calm, Mash and Ritsuka couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Don't worry, we'll meet again.

Faced with their doubts, Rovey Wei spoke with absolute certainty.

--

"Gorgon is dead, the Blood Shrine has collapsed, and the campaign was a complete success."

Mash: "Ugh! In the end, we weren't even that helpful. It was over as soon as we got here. All the work was done by Senior Rovey and Miss Anna. In the end, we almost got buried in the rubble. What a terrible experience, right, Senior?"

Dr. Roman: "It's all Merlin's fault for being such a useless piece of trash, constantly complaining about being tired and wasting so much time on the road."

"Romani, have some conscience! If I hadn't lured away so many Demonic Beasts, would things have gone so smoothly?"

Before the ruins collapsed, the group sped up and ran out of the Blood Shrine, finally managing to escape at the last moment.

"But Mr. Merlin, what's going on? You kept saying you were tired the whole way, how come you're running so fast? Your stamina is amazing...?"

At the back of Rovey Wei's group, Ritsuka, who had just run out, said while panting heavily.

Compared to the others, although she had the aid of her Mystic Code, she was still human after all, and her stamina was no match for Mash and Merlin. However, she found it strange that the fastest runner was Merlin, who was carrying the camera and kept complaining of being tired.

"Haha, that's because I've been training in Avalon all this time! Ritsuka, before I became Magus, I always trained my body, and I wielded the Holy Sword for much longer than I used this staff I bought from the Amazon, so your physique is something you can't compare to."

"Huh? Holy Sword? You're clearly a Grand Caster candidate, and what the hell is Amazon?!"

Before Ritsuka could even complain, Dr. Roman on the other side of the screen couldn't hold back any longer.

"Oh dear, it seems you completely misunderstand, Romani. After all, chanting spells is boring and you're bound to bite your tongue, isn't it? Instead of memorizing those nonsensical and tongue-twisting incantations, it's much more satisfying to just walk over and deliver a fatal blow. It's like some guys who clearly possess master-level boxing skills capable of killing gods; they don't really need to study magic at all! Just go in and you'll win, right?"

"Ha, I don't understand a word you're saying."

Dr. Roman responded with a cold laugh; he had already made a sacred separation from his past self.

"Well then, let's talk about the situation that Sheba has detected. According to our detection, the number of Demonic Beast beasts around the forest centered on you is decreasing rapidly. It's confirmed that after a large number of them were wiped out by Rovey, the remaining Demonic Beast have also begun to self-destruct due to the death of Gorgon."

There was no time for jokes with Merlin; Dr. Roman used the Sheba that Da Vinci had just finished repairing to report on the situation there.

"That's only natural. After Gorgon, the mother, was destroyed, the remaining Demonic Beast naturally fell into self-destruction as well. From the moment of their birth, they were transformed into Demonic Beast without intelligence or reproductive ability, specializing only in killing... In this respect, even before it went Mad Enhancement, Gorgon had completely lost its status as a [mother goddess] and was just a tool."

Because he was also of mixed race, Merlin felt somewhat saddened by this situation.

"But this is only the beginning."

As someone who already knew what would happen next, Rovey had already explained the situation to Merlin and the others, so no one was foolish enough to think that this was the end. On the contrary, everyone knew that this was just the prelude to the final battle.

"That's right. Gilgamesh's side, as well as Merry and my Clairvoyance, all saw it. The situation afterward is pretty much as Rovey described. After Gorgon's death, a new round of purges belonging to Tiamat has begun. And this time, the army is not the previous Demonic Beast, but life forms called New Lahmu created using [Lahmu] as a template. Now everyone must be on high alert."

Merlin's expression was very serious. Even he couldn't joke around when faced with Tiamat and tens of thousands of Lahmu.

"That's right! Just as expected, the observation has been interrupted! Sheba, Sheba, is damaged again, this time due to overload. I have detected tens of thousands, no! hundreds of millions of life forms rushing out of the Persian Gulf and are attacking Uruk at an alarming speed. Although this situation is as you predicted, it is still too astonishing!"

On the Chaldea side, even Roman, who was already shocked by all sorts of unexpected events and didn't know how to react, was still quite frightened upon seeing this result.

The result caused by Tiamat is far more shocking than the scene brought about by the appearance of Goetia.

"Now that Gorgon is dealt with, let's proceed as planned. Ritsuka and Mash, return to Uruk. Merlin and I will join Gilgamesh. The battles to come are no joke."

"Um."

Without any pretense of bravado, and knowing that their strength was not suitable for rushing to the front lines, Ritsuka and Mash both nodded and turned to leave.

Although they wanted to contribute their efforts, they knew they had to be realistic about the situation. Everyone has their best role to play, and they can only be effective in specific positions. Forcing their way in would only cause trouble. So they left without hesitation, ready to return to their posts in Uruk and continue to shine.