Genesis

When Tiamat saw that her attack had been blocked, her gaze, which had already been drawn to Rovey, fell entirely on him. Her eerie purple eyes gleamed slightly, and a soft voice kept ringing out, like a call, a longing.

Primitive instincts and a desire to return to wholeness drove her to seize Rovey and merge with him.

Rovey noticed this fleeting longing, and with mixed feelings and a hint of disbelief, he asked, "Can you still hear my voice, Tiamat...?"

However, instead of a warm embrace, he was met with another powerful beam of starlight and a magical ray fired by Tiamat.

Concern can cloud judgment, Tiamat's combination attack caught Rovey off guard.

After sweeping away the most threatening star beam, he was trying to dodge the remaining attacks when, with a soft "whoosh!", a golden beam of light blocked it, directly withstanding Tiamat's attack. The impact of the two immediately transformed into rippling waves.

Then Merlin's voice came from behind. "Thank goodness, I was prepared, otherwise today would have been really difficult."

After a moment's hesitation, Merlin still cautioned, "Don't be fooled. Although they are indeed one, the aspect of the Beast of Calamity is currently dominant. She is definitely not the Tiamat you trust. Show no mercy."

Upon hearing this, after thanking Merlin, Rovey nodded slightly. Indeed, the behemoth before him was definitely not the Tiamat he admired, but rather Evils of Humanity that had to be defeated.

Rovey clenched his fist and silently said to himself.

Sorry, Tiamat.

I must save you, so I must defeat you first!

With that thought in mind, he gripped the energy in his hand and charged straight toward Tiamat on the ocean, ready to begin his operation according to plan.

And at this time--

"Boom!!"

Huge waves rose from the ground and crashed down from above in an instant, forcing Rovey to dodge. Merlin even raised his hand and used Magecraft to transform the ocean into flowers to avoid this terrifying attack.

Immediately afterward, swarms of Lahmu, like bees, surged forth from the abyss, instantly filling Rovey's path and blocking his advance. Since Goetia had ceased its obstruction, the Lahmu within the abyss now considered them their primary targets. Seeing this, Gilgamesh and Merlin exchanged a glance, then simultaneously began to act, working together to clear a bloody path for Rovey to approach Tiamat.

They charged out from two different directions, one on the left and one on the right. Even Merlin, who had been slacking off, was now giving it his all. He wielded two identical holy swords in both hands, unleashing flashes of sword light to clear a path. While launching his attacks, he also nodded to Rovey and said, "Hurry up!"

"Thank you, Merlin."

Rovey nodded his thanks, then crossed the distance and rushed towards Tiamat.

'No, I should be the one thanking you. It's all thanks to you that, in this battle that I would normally see as a thankless and arduous struggle, I've actually vaguely sensed the emotions you described...'

"Although the feeling is still vague, it truly exists, so—go ahead and let me see a different ending."

Merlin watched Rovey's retreating figure and prayed silently.

Turning around, Lahmu before him had changed once again. A dark purple figure appeared in the center of him. Before he could even think, a poisoned needle was already heading straight for his face.

On the other side, Rovey continued forward, using the Lahmu in the sky as a support, and instantly crushed several Lahmu to pieces. His body transformed into a stream of light, approaching Tiamat and crossing space to arrive in front of her.

In that instant, Rovey's golden pupils, illuminated by the Greater Light Wheel, met Tiamat's eerie eyes, their gazes locked.

"I am coming..."

He clenched his fist, chanting Solomon's Noble Phantasm, the Temple of Time, preparing to bring it into the final battle. At that moment, Tiamat raised her white palm and slapped it towards him. The enormous palm, imbued with terrifying magical power, instantly enveloped him. The pressure from the creator god, the pressure of Genesis, made it difficult for Rovey to move. In just a moment, he was sent flying by this slap, his body like a cannonball.

Rovey manipulated his magic, controlling his flying body to spin several times on the sea surface, maintaining his balance before finally coming to a stop.

His entire body was blasted red and mangled from Tiamat's slap, accompanied by a magical explosion. Fortunately, his special physique, coupled with the support and repair provided by his vast magical power, prevented him from being destroyed. At this moment, a large expanse of golden light enveloped his body, rapidly repairing him.

However, this encounter made Rovey realize something profound: although Tiamat's Beast side was dominant, it didn't mean she was a mindless beast. When he unleashed his Noble Phantasm, she clearly sensed his intentions. The pressure of the Creator God, the Nega-Genesis, her Monstrous Strength combined with the magical explosion nearly killed him with a single slap. If it had been Gilgamesh or Merlin who took that attack head-on, they would have died today. Even with his timely use of the Light Wheel's magical power to protect himself, he was still in this state. It would be extremely difficult to force Tiamat into the Temple of Time from the front.

Goetia, who had been observing from afar and wanted to intervene but felt the timing wasn't right, naturally understood his feelings.

The combination of Tiamat's Monstrous Strength and Nega-Genesis can only be truly understood by experiencing it firsthand. Even in the sealed prison, Goetia was constantly being chased and attacked by Tiamat's dragon form. A head-on confrontation would have been completely disadvantageous, which is also why he was so confident in Tiamat.

After all, even he himself had a hard time dealing with Tiamat, let alone these Heroic Spirit and the incompetent king. If he wanted to win, his only hope was to beg him.

Rovey lowered his gaze slightly, his eyes falling on the Ten Commandments. To complete the plan, he had to bring Tiamat into the Temple of Time, and he needed to create the right opportunity.

But just as he was pondering, Tiamat launched another attack on Rovey. She raised her palm, locked onto Rovey once more, and was about to release a beam of starlight condensed from True Ether.

And at this time--

A sound suddenly fell from the sky.

"What a magnificent entrance!"

Tiamat instinctively looked up and saw colorful petals falling from the sky. The white flower Witch waved slightly at her, a bright smile on her face. Before she could react, the Britannia recited the most powerful spell in British history.

"Artoria, dinner's ready!"

"Merry, if you keep acting recklessly, I'm going to launch you into outer space!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously, followed by two Holy Lance of different colors descending from the sky like two giant drills from different directions, smashing into Tiamat's head with a deafening boom, slamming her massive body into the water.

"Let's just kill this guy too."

Descending from the sky were two Holy Lance Goddesses, completely different in color but with the same face. Clearly, they were extremely displeased with Merry's mocking incantation.

"Seriously—aren't you guys being a bit too reckless?!"

Another voice rang out from above.

Rovey looked up and saw Maanna on top of Ishtar, who was utterly speechless at the fact that two Artoria had jumped down from the sky together and unleashed the Holy Lance at Tiamat's head.

As she spoke, Ishtar, sitting on Maanna, slowly descended, looking at Tiamat sinking into the sea, and said, "But I didn't expect that such a reckless attack would actually be effective."

So...

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Merlin smiled happily. He glanced at the Scorpion Man, one of the Eleven Children who had just been resurrected and charged out of the Demonic Beast horde, and then said in a sarcastic tone.

"It seems we have a better chance of winning."

Upon hearing his words, the newly resurrected Scorpion Man also revealed a distorted expression. On the other side, the other Eleven Children Sheep Man had also been resurrected and was now facing off against Gilgamesh was also shocked by the reinforcements that had appeared on the other side.

It wanted to help, but the next moment it felt something fly out from above its head. It was because a hand axe suddenly came at it. It couldn't dodge in time and had a lot of its fur cut off. Even its horns were chopped off by Gilgamesh with an axe.

Gilgamesh, axe in his left hand and Ea in his right, coldly asked, "Where do you think you're going, monster?"

The two Eleven Children, held back by Merlin and Gilgamesh on either side, roared in anger.

The situation is very unfavorable for them.

The remaining Eleven Children are still being resurrected and will need some time, but on the other side there are so many reinforcements, and each of them is extremely powerful.

It's another case of the many bullying the few, and another instance of despicable deities.

They recalled their disastrous defeat in their mythical era.

It was because the gods outnumbered the weak that they were defeated, and the same is true now.

"Well done! Let's seize this opportunity and finish this in one go!"

Gilgamesh became unusually excited; he was finally satisfied with the current situation.

Tiamat had just been resurrected and had already been exhausted by herself and Rovey for a long time. Now, being surrounded by multiple top-tier Servant and taken into the Temple of Time was a foregone conclusion, so--

Just as she was thinking this, another sound came from Tiamat's side. It wasn't a sound, but rather a roar, caused by the convergence of countless sounds.

Upon hearing these sounds, Gilgamesh's pupils constricted sharply, and he looked down into the depths of the Arabian Sea, inwardly crying out, "This is bad!"

As expected, Tiamat's enormous body burst forth from the ocean once more, and in an instant, the dark waves surged again, engulfing everything in sight like a tide that devours the world. The roars that followed grew even more intense, and Ishtar cried out in alarm, for as Sumerian goddess, she was all too familiar with this aura. The next moment, she was attacked.

Everyone looked up, somewhat bewildered by what they were seeing. Then they turned back, shocked, to look at the several figures that had emerged from the Arabian Sea alongside Tiamat. They were none other than the monsters that had recently attacked the Mesopotamian Plain; they were Tiamat's messengers and offspring, the Eleven Children of the Demonic Beast.

"They actually revived ahead of schedule? They were all confirmed dead not long ago, but they've revived so quickly under Tiamat's influence... and their auras are even stronger."

Gilgamesh's expression turned serious.

Merlin's smile vanished, and his expression turned serious.

"Because of Tiamat's release and catalysis, these Eleven Children have reverted to their mythical state, and with the Sea of Life and Tiamat present, they can be said to be truly immortal."

Then, the resurrected eleven floated silently around Tiamat, and even the scorpion-man and the goat-man who fought against Merlin and Gilgamesh flew over and stood silently like guards.

It's now clear that there are more people on the other side.

Chapter 290 Genesis

"Is this another battle of outnumbered forces? It's the same disgusting behavior of the gods. The descendants of An, Enki, and Enlil are just as disgusting and despicable as they are."

"However, it is true that overwhelming the enemy with numbers and using any means to win is justified, after all, this is not a fair one-on-one duel or challenge, but a war where victory is the primary obligation. But do you really think that you still have the upper hand in this battle? Heroic Spirit, humans..."

The appearance of this voice shattered the original situation on the battlefield. With the appearance of several attacks, the alarm bells in Gilgamesh's and everyone else's hearts were ringing wildly.

The next moment, several ear-piercing whooshing sounds rang out, and in an instant, the sea was swallowed up by the attack. Its speed was comparable to Enkidu's Chains of Heaven. With a "bang," Ishtar let out a scream as a black figure knocked her and Maanna flying.

Everyone turned their heads, looking at the scene with disbelief. Then they followed the figure and looked back in the direction where Tiamat stood. There were several extremely dense divine beings there, but compared to the divine beings, the demonic and malevolent nature they exuded was even more intense.

Gilgamesh's expression immediately turned serious.

Merlin and Merry also stopped laughing, because they suddenly couldn't laugh anymore, and they looked at the scene unfolding with serious expressions.

Subsequently, except for Kingu, all the other Eleven Children of Tiamat, who had been destroyed by the gods during the mythical era, returned via the Sea of Life. Unlike their previous state leading the Demonic Beast beasts in their campaign, this time they were not merely resurrected as mindless beasts, but rather approached their full power from the mythical era—the state that had taken the gods immense effort to eradicate. Furthermore, they bore the wrath of Tiamat's beastly form, transforming into true messengers of calamity, ten distinct figures appearing beside Tiamat.

Upon seeing these creatures, Rovey narrowed his eyes slightly, and Gilgamesh even called out their names before speaking.

"The Eleven Children of Tiamat, you have also been resurrected. And it seems you possess sentience."

"But—can't you see Tiamat's current state? Haven't you noticed that the Tiamat you're protecting is no longer the one who gave birth to you? Your true mother is imprisoned within her..."

Gilgamesh swallowed his words before he could finish, because as he spoke, he had already sensed an increasingly intense and eerie aura emanating from the Eleven Children. That aura was mixed with divinity, but it was definitely not the divinity he remembered. Instead, it was a purer aura of destruction, the aura of the Beast.

Tiamat was not the original Tiamat, and neither were these resurrected Eleven Children.

"Mother... no, whichever one, they are all our mothers, who conceived us, gave us life, and granted us the opportunity for revenge... And Tiamat's Eleven Children? How familiar those names are, but they are no longer relevant to us. We are Tiamat's offspring, the progenitors of the Demonic Beast! Messengers of the Beast, destroyers who bring end and fury to humanity! Obeying the command of our Mother Goddess, we will end you!"

The resurrected Eleven Children bared its fangs and roared at Gilgamesh and the others.

Without a doubt, unlike Kingu, who was resurrected by Tiamat, used Enkidu's body, interacted with the real Tiamat, understood her inner desires, and ultimately chose to redeem his mother, the other Eleven Children were merely Demonic Beast resurrected by the Beast. Everything about them was driven by Tiamat; they were nothing more than tools for revenge. No amount of words could change their minds. Moreover, the strength of these Eleven Children was not to be underestimated; each of them could fight Ishtar to a standstill.

Ishtar, who had been sent flying by a powerful ramming attack from one of the Demonic Beast, flew over in a disheveled state.

At the same moment, Tiamat, who had been struck head-on by the two Holy Lance and slammed into the ocean, slowly rose from the seawater, staring coldly at Artoria, who had just launched the attack, as if she were staring at a dead person.

The situation is urgent!

Before Tiamat was even dragged into the Temple of Time, the legendary Eleven Children of the Demonic Beast had already been resurrected.

This turn of events was completely unexpected.

Nobody knows what to do.

Even Gilgamesh, who had read the Tablet of Destiny, had not anticipated such a scene.

Although the inscription on the stone tablet describes a great battle between two beasts, and Uruk is destined to perish, this opportunity is indeed too good to pass up. Moreover, they already know how to rescue Tiamat, but the resistance in the process is much greater than expected.

Even with Solomon's power, it wouldn't have been possible to accomplish this so easily.

The black fog over the Arabian Sea condensed again and began to spread rapidly, enveloping the Persian Gulf and encircling the Indian Ocean.

A battle between the people on the sea is about to break out.

At this moment, Tiamat made another unusual move.

"Aaaaaaaa--!!!"

A melodious song suddenly resounded like heavenly music, engulfing the sea in an instant and causing great pain to everyone present. Apart from the familiar Rovey and the other Demonic Beast, everyone was greatly affected.

"Can you hear that? Your mother is calling!"

"--The mother's anger, the mother's resentment, now is the time for you to pay! Everything will return to the mother's embrace, everything will be reshaped and conceived anew, this is the true Genesis!"

The Eleven Children addressed the crowd.

The next moment--

Accompanied by a piercing sound, an invisible white energy began to spread continuously in the area centered on Tiamat. The entire world, or rather space, seemed to break down, with dense, spiderweb-like cracks constantly appearing, as if it had been destroyed and reshaped by an invisible force.

At that moment, the Ether in the air, the clouds in the atmosphere, the surrounding seawater, and the distant land all trembled, drawn in and affected by this emerging force. The area centered on Tiamat began to collapse, as if a vortex had been born, beginning to display its inherent energy.

The enormous vortex seemed to possess a powerful suction force, drawing everything in the world into it and then beginning to reshape it.

Sky, earth, ocean, life...

The original, immutable laws of nature of this world are rapidly changing. The seawater is flowing backward, the sky is collapsing, the earth is cracking inch by inch, and the life in the ocean is constantly transforming into the new humans she has conceived— Lahmu. Even the bodies of the Eleven Children are being transformed into Lahmu at this moment.

Reshaping the world, rebuilding a new ecosystem, and changing the entire planet—this is Tiamat's mission, her obsession, her instinct. She is now acting on this instinct, reshaping everything in the world.

Subsequently, everything within the vortex was twisted and fused together by her immense power, becoming a cradle for the birth of Lahmu, whether organic or inorganic.

In an instant, seawater surged back, the ocean boiled, and even more Sea of Life began to rush towards the entire planet, which would completely change the planet in just a short time.

"Is this... Nega-Genesis?!"

People were astonished; such a move was clearly beyond everyone's comprehension.

This is not directed at any one person or thing; it is a genuine means to reshape the entire planet.