Justice Served

Rovey clapped lightly, then gave a thumbs up.

Hey! Don't cheer her on!

Ishtar suddenly turned her head, then looked at Rovey with eyes that seemed to have been betrayed, and shouted.

For a moment, because of her somewhat aggrieved appearance, Rovey actually felt that Rin Tohsaka was also shouting.

However, even if Rin Tohsaka were here, she would definitely do the same.

He picked up a cup of tea, took a small sip, then waved slightly to the two figures above his head and said:

"If we're really going to fight, let's get started already."

"Hey! I've been wondering about this for a while now, what exactly is going on?"

Seeing Rovey's indifferent attitude, Ishtar started to jump up and down. "Weren't you on my side? How come you're with this wild god? And you should be fighting alongside me now!"

Are you serious?

Rovey squinted at Ishtar with a puzzled look and said, "Can you still fight? Because if I'm with you, you'll definitely find all sorts of excuses to push the problems onto me to solve, and then naturally enjoy the spoils of battle, right?"

"Ha?"

Ishtar was taken aback by Rovey's answer.

After careful consideration, she realized—

I do seem like I would do that, but...

"Isn't this obvious? I'm a goddess, okay? As a priest, you're obviously supposed to help me. Isn't that common sense?"

Ishtar tilted her head and spoke quite naturally.

"... When did I become your priest?"

For a moment, Rovey Wei was even more speechless.

"Then why are you with her!"

Ishtar directly questioned Astraea.

Upon hearing this, Rovey waved his hand and replied, " In the Holy Grail War, it's only natural to seek helpers and form alliances with comrades. She is the helper I found."

"???"

Ishtar was completely bewildered. She stared at Rovey in disbelief and shouted, "What about me?! Even if you want to form an alliance, shouldn't it be with me? We fought together! I played a huge role in Uruk!"

"Let's keep things separate. While you did put in some effort, you also made quite a few foolish mistakes. I'll definitely suffer losses if I cooperate with you."

Rovey answered with ease.

"Isn't that all your fault? It's because you're all so useless that I have to work so hard. In short, I, Ishtar, am absolutely not wrong!"

Although suppressing her displeasure and considering Rovey's strength, Ishtar refrained from attacking directly. However, in her attempts to justify herself, she still loved to shift blame, perfectly embodying the saying, "The fault isn't mine, it's the world's!"

"Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you. You're not worthy to listen."

Seeing that she remained unchanged, Rovey knew that Ishtar's condition had most likely worsened again. So, she looked at Astraea and said, "Compared to you, I still think she's more reliable. At least she's fair, understanding what it means to fairly distribute tasks and reward merit, without hoarding wealth and credit. I think that's the true standard for cooperation, isn't it?"

"Thank you for your recognition. It's only natural. Since it's a collaboration, fairness is essential. Only fairness can serve as a bond connecting people."

Astraea nodded, then picked up the scales and said, "I assure you, I will uphold the Mari of fairness!"

"Yes, you see."

Rovey tilted his head.

"You bastard...!!"

However, after being reprimanded like that, Ishtar clearly wouldn't simply change her ways, and didn't even reflect on her behavior.

She looked up at Astraea, her eyes filled with rage.

"You even dare to steal other people's priests? Using your filthy body? This really makes me angry!"

This guy is clearly shirking responsibility again.

Seeing this, Astraea's expression darkened. She finally understood that what Rovey had described was true, and that Ishtar was even worse than she had imagined.

There was absolutely no self-reflection.

What's wrong with this guy's moral compass?

Astraea then glanced at Rovey, to which Rovey simply shrugged.

He had said that words alone could not possibly awaken Ishtar in the slightest.

If you want her to listen to reason, you have to make her suffer a bit.

The way to make her suffer was naturally quite simple.

So...

Astraea raised her weapon, and a glint appeared in her eyes as she looked at Ishtar...

A chill.

Next was her educational session.

Chapter 376 Justice and Retribution

Sometimes, when people are extremely speechless, they really can't help but laugh.

At least for now, that's how it is for Rovey.

Looking at Ishtar above, who was clearly in dire straits but remained oblivious, still shouting from above, Rovey's patience for the idiot finally reached its limit.

He raised his head, clutching it, then looked speechlessly at Ishtar in mid-air and said:

"Ishtar, haven't you realized something's wrong yet?"

"Ha?!"

Hearing his words, Ishtar turned around and said nonchalantly:

"What are you talking about? Is something wrong? There's only one wild god here, isn't there?"

Rovey: "..."

Good grief, she really didn't realize the situation at all.

Seeing this, he rubbed his forehead, glanced at Astraea, who was already enraged and about to unleash a powerful punch, then calmly surveyed Ishtar above him.

"I think you'd better not be too arrogant. After all, you should try to understand your current situation. Magus will suffer a great loss if he enters someone else's Magic Workshop, and a god will also be suppressed if he is in the temple of a god from a different pantheon. Haven't you learned anything from being hung up and tortured by Ereshkigal?"

"Ha, you're not allowed to mention that!"

When Rovey brought up that matter again, Ishtar became agitated.

She then glanced around; it was indeed the temple of other gods. She then looked at Astraea again, her expression still disdainful.

"Even if it's as you say, so what? She's just a wild god. You don't think all gods can suppress me with their temples, do you? Ereshkigal can suppress me because she's slightly stronger than me—no, about the same strength, after all, she's the Queen of the Underworld. But what makes this wild god stronger than me?"

"On the contrary, a mere concession from a temple is just right for me. After all, I have become weaker, but that doesn't mean she has become stronger, right?"

Seeing that the first thing this guy did in this situation wasn't to investigate the other party's identity, but to continue his verbal sparring, Rovey's lips twitched involuntarily.

He looked at Ishtar speechlessly and said, "Speaking of which... do you even know who the other party is? You keep calling him a wild god, you probably don't even know who he is."

"Yes, that's right. She's just a wild god, at most a minor goddess in some pantheon. Why should I know anything about her?"

Ishtar remained disdainful. "Anyway, as long as they're not at the level of a god-king, they're no match for me. Even among the main gods, there aren't many beings superior to me, are there?"

What an arrogant tone!

If someone else said that, it would definitely be considered utter nonsense.

However, Ishtar really does have the confidence to back it up.

The chief deity of the Sumerian civilization.

The supreme deity who governs so many powers, including love and beauty, war and wealth, fertility and harvest.

If we place this within the Greek Pantheon of Astraea, so many powers would be enough to create multiple chief gods, all of them top-tier powers. This demonstrates just how much the Sumerian pantheon favored this guy.

To date, the only deity who can be said to have a firm grip on her is the King of Gods. Even Athena Ares cannot suppress Ishtar, after all, she also has an even more ancient side, Inanna.

However, that's based on raw power, on the true form of a deity.

In her original form, Ishtar could definitely spin Astraea with one hand, without a doubt. Rovey wouldn't ask Astraea for help; he'd probably go find the archangel to come down, or teach her a lesson himself.

But now...

Unfortunately, since they are both gods and in the ordinary Spirit Origin state, Ishtar is not much better than Astraea.

If we consider the size and strength of gods as lakes of varying sizes, then the Spirit Origin is like a cup-like container. When the level of Spirit Origin is the same, everyone's potential is limited, so there is no significant difference in size. Therefore, the only way to determine a winner is through competition of one's own mechanisms and consciousness.

So...

Ishtar is in big trouble.

Given the same size, the most willful and unruly god encountered another god who was the most serious and rule-abiding. It could be said that their compatibility was completely suppressed.

So when he thought about what would happen next, Rovey couldn't help but laugh.

This was her destined tribulation.

"Yes, after all, you possess the highest level of power, a being bestowed by the supreme god. Even though you've done a lot of things that cause the gods to have high blood pressure, you won't be punished because of this favor. But..."

Rovey looked at Astraea, who was already sharpening her sword behind him, and said, "Your grace is only for your own pantheon. In other pantheons, not every one is like Sumerian, without a judge. In the distant Greek Pantheon, there exists a great goddess who, as long as someone makes a mistake, will fairly and justly bring down the Sword of Judgment, whether it be the chief god or the king of the gods!"

"Ha?"

"Let me just tell you straight, your opponent is none other than Astraea, the Greek Pantheon of judgment."

"What kind of wild god is that? I've never heard of it."

Ishtar remained disdainful, but at that moment, Astraea's patience with the idiot finally reached its limit. She raised the Sword of Judgment and the Golden Scales, pointing them at Ishtar, and solemnly pronounced her judgment.

"--Insulting other gods, trespassing on private property, wantonly destroying things, acting recklessly, showing no sense of divine responsibility, and continuing to cause trouble in the temples of other gods, not behaving like a chief god should. If this were within your pantheon, it would be one thing, but to dare to be so chaotic in front of me is something I can never tolerate."

"Therefore, I will punish you in place of your father, Ishtar."

"Replace my father? You really dare to say that! All I did was demolish your house, and that was because you built a temple in front of me, yet you speak with such righteous indignation. Aren't you also Servant who came for the Holy Grail? In that case, it's only natural for me to attack you first."

Ishtar frowned slightly, then with a gentle wave of her arm, the blue Maanna appeared behind her, pointing her cannon at Astraea below. "Besides the Holy Grail War, your very existence annoys me more, so watch me take you down right here and then show you who the real goddess is."

"In fact... you're the least qualified one."

Upon hearing this, Rovey let out a soft sigh.

"..."

This sound successfully made Ishtar raise her eyebrows. Although she wanted to question Rovey about why he was speaking such blunt truths, she didn't immediately lose her temper because Astraea was in front of her. Instead, she decided to resolve the issue first before getting angry.

"That suits me perfectly!"

Astraea, wanting to teach Ishtar a lesson, launched an attack without hesitation, though her methods seemed rather wild.

Swish!

A piercing whistling sound rang out.

"Ah?!"

Ishtar, suspended in mid-air, hurriedly tilted her head to dodge a golden streak of light that flashed past the edge of her hair. In that instant, because the speed was so fast, quite a few strands of her hair fell out.

Then, she reached up and touched her now-messy hair, her expression immediately turning angry.

"You dare to launch a sneak attack! Are you really a goddess of justice?"

Realizing what had happened, Ishtar angrily shouted at Astraea.

However, faced with her questioning, Astraea felt no shame whatsoever. Instead, she naturally sighed, "What a pity... I missed."

Then she tossed her long hair and said calmly to Ishtar, "I am indeed the goddess of justice, but you must know that justice is relative. My justice is only granted to humans and gods who share the same justice, and you are clearly not one of them. Moreover—there's no need to talk about justice when dealing with Collapsals."

"Who are you calling Collapsals?! You're not just a wild god, you're a wild god with absolutely no manners!"

Hearing this, Ishtar's blood pressure nearly spiked. She then turned around and looked at the wall behind her, where a golden dagger was embedded straight into the wall—the very one Astraea had thrown.

Upon seeing this, Ishtar was so angry she laughed.

For a moment, she couldn't tell if she was going crazy or if the guy below her was just too stupid.

Because at that moment, Astraea, having lost both her dagger and the scales, was actually charging towards her.

"As Saber, how can you fight me without your sword and Noble Phantasm? Have you lost your mind?"