The air inside the casino seemed to freeze in that instant.
Standing beside Gilgamesh, Tiné, the dark-skinned girl in a white gown, looked at the woman seated atop Maanna—her black hair tied into twin tails, clad in an extraordinarily revealing divine outfit—and could not help asking the king she served, "King Gilgamesh, could this person... possibly be...?"
Gilgamesh did not answer her. Instead, Ishtar replied, "That's right. I am the goddess Ishtar, the goddess of beauty who governs Venus. Show me proper respect, fear me, and then offer your tributes to me with all your heart."
"G-Goddess Ishtar?!" Tiné Chelc covered her mouth with both hands, unable to hide the astonishment on her face.
As the chieftain of an indigenous people who had lived here for a thousand years, Tiné's tribe had long suffered expulsion and persecution at the hands of the U.S. government and Magi. Her purpose in joining this Holy Grail War was to use the Grail's power to drive the Magi and the U.S. government, who had ravaged her homeland, out of this land.
To achieve that goal, she had entered this Holy Grail War prepared to spend even her own life.
After entering the Holy Grail War, taking the Command Spells from false Archer's former Master, forming a contract with Gilgamesh, and becoming his Master, she had witnessed the strength of this King of Heroes.
He was the strongest Servant—one who could absolutely make it to the finals of this Holy Grail War and who had almost certainly secured victory in it!
One only needed to look at false Archer Gilgamesh's parameters to see that.
Base Parameters: Strength B; Endurance C; Agility C; Mana A; Luck A; Noble Phantasm EX.
Personal Skills: Magic Resistance C, Independent Action A, Golden Rule A, Charisma A+, Divinity B.
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