Chapter 506

Medusa, who had defeated many heroes, eventually became a true monster, even absorbing her two beloved older sisters into her body.

This gave birth to the "Monster of Gorgon".

The three sisters were originally relatively weak earth goddesses, but after their divinity merged into a single entity, they also gained extremely powerful primal forces.

"... You mean Stheno, Euryale, and the others?"

Ritsuka Fujimaru blinked.

She met the eldest and second daughters of the three sisters during her journey, but never the more famous youngest sister Medusa.

Mash nodded. "Yes, their younger sister's name is 'Medusa the Ruler'."

Although she was a goddess who repelled many heroes, it is said that she lost her mind due to excessive persecution and prejudice, and absorbed her two beloved older sisters into her body, transforming them into a giant monster...

Ana: "..."

Gilgamesh glanced at the silent hooded girl and spoke.

"Hmph, I never thought the banished goddess would return as a vengeful goddess."

Although I really want to say, if you want to destroy things so much, then go and destroy the Greece world, I'm sure she's also helpless.

The key is the next steps and corresponding countermeasures.

Although Shirou fought hard and managed to repel that guy's attack this time, she will definitely not give up and will come back for more.

Before that, we must maximize our chances of winning.

Merlin raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Your Majesty, judging from your expression, do you already have a plan in mind?"

Gilgamesh nodded and began a brief explanation.

Gorgon, the Mother Goddess of Beasts.

Although not a true Goddess Tiamat, she was still extremely powerful.

He's probably even stronger than the Bull of Heaven Gugalanna.

That guy's power was enough to destroy the walls of the Demonic Beast Front with just a glance, so why didn't she do it?

Why, so far, have they only been sending children to attack humans and build up their Magical Beast army?

Gilgamesh didn't understand before, but now he does.

Because there are threats even greater than humanity.

The Goddess of the Jungle —the supreme deity... no, the god-king Quetzal Coatl, she is probably the strongest individual in the current Mesopotamia world.

Gorgon was not a true Goddess Tiamat after all, and if he wanted to fight against the sun goddess, he had to continue to accumulate strength.

"Now that we know this, things will be much easier... Oh, Fujimaru has realized it."

That's right! We need to use the enemy!

While Gorgon is incapable of communication, the other goddesses are not...

"In that case, why don't we try to win them over?"

"Is a goddess someone so easily won over?" Mash retorted.

"No, so-called goddesses are all extremely self-centered people."

Once they've decided on a course of action, they will never change it; that's just their nature.

You must have experienced this firsthand these past few days.

"Yes, that's right..."

The girls nodded.

Gilgamesh curled his lips into a smile, confidently stating, "Although they're all stubborn women who refuse to listen to reason, this time we possess the 'Goddess-Specific Attack Mystic Code'."

"What is that?" Ritsuka asked curiously. Was it something like the Golden Apple from Greek Mythology?

"Don't we have a guy here who came back alive from the Underworld and simultaneously captured the hearts of two Venusian deities?"

"Ah... Mr. Shirou!"

"That's right! It's that guy whose luck with women rivals my 'Golden Rule'!"

Gilgamesh slammed his hand on the armrest of the throne.

"As long as Shirou goes to win over the goddesses... Hmm? By the way, where's Shirou?"

The King of Heroes looked around the Divine Tower Hall twice but didn't see the red-haired boy, even though he was unlikely to miss such a meeting.

He was still feeling a bit off when he realized it was because he hadn't been criticized by a certain sarcastic teenager that day.

Ritsuka Fujimaru said, "When I saw Mr. Shirou leave, I thought he had come to see King Gilgamesh ahead of time."

Gilgamesh, "What nonsense! I didn't see him either! Who was the last to speak to Shirou?"

"I think... it should be me, right?" Mash weakly raised her hand.

"Oh, right, speaking of which..."

Ritsuka Fujimaru poked her chin and said, "This morning when I went downstairs, I saw Mr. Shirou and Mash sneaking around in the kitchen, like they were doing something."

As soon as she saw me approaching, Mash's face turned bright red with panic.

Mash immediately protested, "Wait... Master!? Could you please not use such a misleading way of putting it?"

I have no connection with Mr. Shirou; I was simply asking him for advice on how to make a cake.

Because the butter cake last night was so delicious, I thought I'd ask Mr. Shirou for his recipe.

When I get back, I want to cook this for everyone in Chaldea to thank them for their kindness and support.

"Mash...!"

Dr. Roman wiped his eyes with emotion, and drool dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Ritsuka: "I was terrified! I thought I'd been NTR'd without even realizing it!"

Mash: "This is getting increasingly outrageous!!"

The girl hugged her junior and said coquettishly, "After all, when it comes to Mash, the impression she gives is NTR~ I'm sorry, please forgive me~~~"

Mash's lips twitched. "What's with this extremely unpleasant stereotype... Senpai, please come to my room after the meeting and explain it to me properly."

"Gulp... Yes, sir."

Gilgamesh interrupted the girls' fooling around, "Mash, did Shirou say anything this morning?"

Mash tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Shirou said that he felt a deep sense of powerlessness after yesterday's battle with the goddess Gorgon..."

"I'm still too fragile and too powerless. If this continues, I won't be able to protect anything at all." -- Ah, this is a sentence I made up myself, because Mr. Shirou had just that expression on his face at the time.

In short, Mr. Shirou told me that he had decided to go for special training.

"Special training?"

Everyone was completely dumbfounded, except for Ritsuka, who nodded as if she knew exactly what was going on.

"I see, it's a special training chapter unique to shonen manga."

As expected of Mr. Shirou, the protagonist of a journey. I must learn from him.

"Since you're so kind, why don't you join Mr. Leonidas's special training this afternoon, senior?" Mash said with a smile.

"Spare me! Spare me! Only Sparta- style training... I absolutely don't want that!!"

Siduri interjected, "Your Majesty, in fact, I received a request for leave from Shirou this morning, hoping to get a week's rest..."

"Um, I agree on your behalf."

"Huh? Why weren't you told me about something so important beforehand? Who gave you permission to give him a vacation!"

Gilgamesh to his chest, feeling as if he had been betrayed by the person he trusted most.

Siduri touched her cheek and said with sympathy, "Since Shirou came to Uruk, he hasn't had a single day of rest in the past six months."

Although the king may have extraordinary expectations for him, please don't forget that Mr. Shirou is still only a 16-year-old boy.

"... Hmm."

The King of Heroes was speechless.

Ana, who had been silent all along, finally asked, "Did Shirou say where he's going for special training?"

Mash and Siduri both shook their heads; they hadn't heard that from Shirou.

"Mr. Shirou won't be in Uruk for the next week, time is running out..."

"That means we can't expect Shirou to win over the goddesses."

"Senior, you seem to be in a very good mood."

"Yes, is there?"

Ritsuka Fujimaru was secretly pleased, after all, she knew that an ordinary girl like herself could never compare to the goddesses.

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Unexpectedly, Gilgamesh suddenly burst into laughter on his throne.

Why is the king laughing?

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and it took King of Heroes a while to recover from his laughter.

He stroked his chin, a pleased expression on his face, and said, "I think I know where Shirou is."

Somewhere underground in Mesopotamia.

It evokes images of swarms of insects from science fiction movies, with biological tissues covering the ground like a fungal carpet, emitting a dim purple glow in the darkness.

Looking around, the walls of the entire underground cave were made of flesh and membrane, and even the pulsating blood vessels could be clearly seen.

This is the stronghold of the hundreds of thousands of Magical Beasts that are now ravaging the world of Sumer, and it can also be said to be the Blood Temple of the goddess Gorgon, the mother of the Magical Beast.

Unlike traditional temples used for sacrifices, the temple of the Mother Goddess of Beasts was actually a factory for manufacturing biological weapons.

Gorgon children are all created from a single mother, but there is a limit to how fast they can be produced.

Humans on Earth reproduce like garbage, their numbers are simply too far too many.

To wipe out all of humanity, we would need to create more and more diverse Magical Beast, which would require an even larger "mother womb."

There is only one thing in this world larger than that mountain-sized Goddess of Demonic Beasts —this very earth itself.

This temple, transformed from land near a spiritual vein, can produce Magical Beast daily based on the number of humans captured.

A human body can Magical Beast approximately three Uridimmu, while three bodies are needed to create Ugallu.

Although nominally Tiamat's child, she is ultimately just a killing machine created by hateful humans.

Not even an army—they are merely tools to welcome the birth of the next generation (New Humanity).

Deep within the Blood Temple, angry conversations could be heard.

"Kingu! Why did you get in my way back then!"

The goddess Gorgon gritted her teeth and questioned the "child" below in a loud voice.

She called Enkidu "Kingu"—the name of the god who led the eleven children of Tiamat in the Creator God.

The goddess Gorgon swung her serpentine tail, her Monstrous Strength surpassing that of Dragon Kind, easily shattering the surrounding stone walls.

"If you hadn't intervened, I would have killed that human by now!"

How could such a thing possibly happen...?

The young man called Kingu smiled coldly, his face grim: If I hadn't intervened back then...

"Hmph, so you're the one who's going to die," Mother.

Ultimately, wasn't it you who was so terrified of Shirou Amamiya that you ran away with your tail between your legs?

She was so submissive to that man, but now she comes home and takes it out on the kids?

The green-haired youth, a creation of nature, possesses top-tier perception (a+ Presence Detection), and he also sensed the terrifying power residing within the "Blades of Chaos."

A dual special attack of "demonic" and "divine".