Ritsuka Fujimaru: I Hope You Can Join Chaldea

Ritsuka Fujimaru considered it for a moment and felt that Gorgon might become an ally.

Though he had no basis for that confidence, he believed Senior Mo must have made arrangements.

Meanwhile.

Gorgon, who was lazily basking in the sun inside a massive pit, received a message from Ishtar. The two communicated across a vast distance.

Ishtar: Chaldea's people have arrived, but I didn't find the Mo Li you mentioned. According to the information I received, Mo Li chased the Mad God into space.

Gorgon: ...Space?

Ishtar: Come to think of it, why did you have me ask those people those questions?

Gorgon: Nothing. I merely wanted to see whom the people trusted by the three of us sisters in another world liked.

Ishtar: As a goddess, you care about that...? Forget it. Also, I keep feeling like you've met him before, haven't you?

Gorgon: ...In another Singularity. A Lancer version of me met him in burning Fuyuki City.

Ishtar: Burning Fuyuki... So you simply wanted to know?

Gorgon: "Yes."

The two goddesses did not speak further and directly severed their connection.

Ishtar grumbled, "If not for the fact that she suddenly pulled back and gave me so many gems, I'd have grabbed her and demanded an explanation."

By then, Ritsuka Fujimaru's group had more or less finished learning about the situation from Enkidu. Following him to the edge of a cliff, they saw a grand city wall—thick, vast, and towering.

The soldiers atop the wall easily slaughtered Demonic Beasts that would have been formidable even by modern standards. The wall itself stood immovable, preventing the beasts from crossing even a single step.

"The greatest and final fortress protecting the four corners of the world, humanity's hope, the greatest and final bulwark defending all beneath heaven—the Absolute Demonic Beast Front