Chapter 643

"You should be thinking about how you're going to explain things to that guy after I put you back in your seat."

Thousands of swords unfurled behind the boy.

At the same time, countless chains shot out from under Enkidu's feet.

The final battle of the Snowfield Holy Grail War has begun.

While the two were deeply in love, they were unaware of—

This battle was captured by a non- United States military satellite, which later caused a worldwide uproar.

This is the last memory the Snowfield Holy Grail War left for the world.

Volume 8: 400 Tiamat's breasts, it's like coming home...

When Shirou returned to Uruk, he was greeted by the entire Lahmu army.

His judgment was correct.

The Lahmu people are not asleep; they are lying in wait, plotting to reclaim the land.

The war began half a day before Gugalanna was sent back to Mesopotamia.

That morning, the once calm Persia Gulf suddenly stirred, and tens of millions of Lahmu awoke simultaneously.

Meanwhile, in Uruk, the entire country was thrown into chaos due to the simultaneous disappearance of the King and the city god.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this was the worst possible timing.

Although Uruk had the foresight to rebuild the Nabistine's Fang and the King's Cannon, the morale of the soldiers and civilians had already plummeted to rock bottom.

Resistance is futile; this time, we are truly doomed.

At this time, Siduri stepped forward to lead Uruk.

While she arranged for Tiamat and Ibaraki-dōji to lead the Magical Beast to the front lines to resist Lahmu, she also gave a pre-battle pep talk to the citizens from the platform that Gilgamesh had used in the past.

"Shirou and Lady Ishtar will never abandon us; they will definitely return."

Siduri didn't know that Shirou had gone to find Gugalanna, but she still spoke with great certainty.

This is an absolute trust that can only be formed by those who have gone through that war together.

"Now is not the time to despair."

Siduri encouraged the citizens to hold on until they return, saying that this is what we should be doing right now.

Her speech revitalized the citizens and rallied them to fight against Lahmu.

Because they had anticipated this would happen, even ordinary citizens of Uruk were taught how to use ballistae.

With the help of Nabistine's Fang, the King's Cannon, and the remaining Magical Beast, Uruk successfully held off Lahmu for more than half a day.

As the tide of war gradually turned, Lahmu gained the upper hand thanks to his god-like individual abilities and overwhelming numbers—

A huge hole was opened in the sky above Mesopotamia.

Even though it was afternoon, everyone saw a dazzling starry sky.

Falling from the edge of those stars was a vortex with a diameter exceeding several kilometers—the eye of the typhoon.

The young citizens of Uruk were bewildered by the surreal weather phenomena, while the city's elderly couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.

They recalled the fear of being dominated by "that" in the past.

The greatest and strongest mythical beast in Mesopotamian Mythology, the Bull of Heaven who ravaged the world, Gugalanna.

As an ancient civilization that developed from Mesopotamian and Egypt civilizations, Greece shares many similarities with Mesopotamia in its mythology.

For example, their supreme god is the sky god.

Zeus, the chief god, is the most powerful being in Greek Mythology, and lightning is the symbol of his majesty and power.

Sunlight, rain, forests, rivers, flames—everything in this world had both a gentle and a harsh side to the ignorant ancient people.

Only lightning is different.

The thunder that fell from the sky could not be used by the ancients, nor could it benefit the people.

In contrast to its sparse frequency of occurrence, it possesses an unparalleled presence each time it happens.

Since ancient times, lightning has been a source of fear, mystery, and ferocity for people.

The most famous weapon of Zeus, the thunderbolt itself, is a manifestation of humanity's awe of nature (the world).

Zeus was so famous that people's impression of him as Zeus god of thunder even surpassed his status as the god of the sky.

In Greek Mythology, it was Zeus Thunder, and in Mesopotamia, there was a similar weapon conceived based on the concept of the ferocity of the heavens.

That was the manifestation of "the wrath of the gods"—the scorched earth weapon, Gugalanna.

Within the eye of the typhoon, which is several kilometers in diameter, a pair of enormous, swirling horns of tornadoes extended out.

It was a crystal-blue aggregate, as if created by the sea and the sky, composed of pure lapis lazuli, which probably couldn't be equaled by adding up all the minerals on Earth.

Through the gaps in the clouds of the massive typhoon, the outline of a golden skeleton could be faintly seen.

Each rib was comparable to a lapis lazuli behemoth, descending upon this world with swirling storms as its flesh and blood.

"Gugalanna...!?"

Siduri stood on the city wall, staring incredulously at the divine beast that had once nearly destroyed the world.

In other words...

She looked up at the top of the Bull of Heaven, and then, with a mixture of surprise and delight, saw—

The smug, hands-on-hips-hips-thudding mistress of heaven.

"Here comes the attack, Gugalanna! Unleash all the power you've been holding back!"

At its master's command, the Bull of Heaven lowered its head, aiming its azure horns at the large herd of Lahmu ahead.

Then, from the depths of those two horns that could pierce the heavens and earth, an immense divine magical power surged forth—

It's less of a typhoon and more of an air cannon.

Tens of thousands of Lahmu were wiped out in this attack.

That wasn't even an Authority or Divine-Class Grand Magic; the Bull of Heaven simply released an extremely high density of Divine Aura, and the space in front of it was shattered.

Its roaring hurricane.

Its lifeblood is torrential rain.

Then—its stomping was a devastating thunderclap.

"... It's coming."

Siduri whispered nervously, quickly ordering those around her to evacuate immediately.

The golden and azure light in the center of the typhoon grew increasingly intense, and the energy of the Gugalanna was still surging explosively.

At this very moment, the wind speed on the Mesopotamia plain has exceeded several hundred meters per second, surpassing all records since the birth of Earth and comparable to the environment in space.

The next instant, a massive bolt of lightning, tearing through the stars, crashed to the ground.

"--------!!!"

Thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of lightning bolts illuminated the sky, shaking the world like thunder at the dawn of creation or the end of the world.

The Bull of Heaven converted all its stored magic power into lightning, then absorbed the surrounding magic power, causing every corner of the cumulonimbus cloud vortex surrounding it to emit a bright light.

The lightning vortex, stretching for several kilometers, resembled the golden armor of the Bull of Heaven.

Each of the Lahmu possessed a god-level Spirit Origin, but they were reduced to charcoal before they could even react to the hundreds of millions of bolts of lightning.

"He really is a monster."

The red-clad beauty, who had come to this era with Ishtar and Gugalanna, gazed at the tyrannical divine beast and murmured.

In Snowfield, she was merely a remnant of the Noble Phantasm "God-Shooting Crossbow," regaining a sliver of consciousness due to the reappearance of the Underworld.

However, through a contract with Shirou and being taken back to the divine environment of Mesopotamia, Samehada regained its full power.

"Alright, I should go finish my work now."

In return for protecting Tsubaki Kuruoka, she will help Shirou eliminate the enemies of this world.

While the sky and the ground can be left to Gugalanna, even the strongest divine beasts have areas they cannot reach.

The ocean is her true domain.

The woman in red leaped gracefully into the sea dominated by the Black Mud.

This is the first visitor to the Persia Gulf since it was polluted and occupied by the Lahmu people.

Although she appears as a beautiful woman with lovely features and elegant manners, it is merely a transformation technique she learned to blend into the human world.

Her true nature is that of a great demon who doesn't even respect the Qin Shi Huang and who incorporates the surrounding seas of the continent into her own territory, doing whatever she pleases.

Soon after the shark entered the water, the ocean began to surge as if it were boiling.

No one knows what happened beneath the sea level; only the endless screams of the Lahmu echoed in the air.

Some of the Lahmu tried to escape the ocean, but they were swallowed up by the giant mouths that leaped out of the water before they could fly very far.

This monster resembles a whale, a crocodile, a dinosaur, and a shark—

From this day forward, she will reign over this sea as Queen.

"I'm back, Siduri."

"You've had a long journey, Lady Ishtar."

After the Lahmu's offensive was suppressed by Gugalanna, Ishtar took the opportunity to fly back to the Divine Tower to reunite with the High Priest.

"You and Shirou went to search for the lost Gugalanna?"

"Yes, you'll understand once you see it."

Seeing the goddess in high spirits after finding her pet, Siduri raised another question that concerned her.

"Where is Shirou? Isn't he with you?"

"Shirou will be a little later; there's still cleanup work to do in that world. I'm coming back now."

"I see. After this battle is over, please explain to me why you left without leaving any message."

"... Why."

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Ishtar's cheek.

"The Lahmu men have been acting strangely since just now."

Ereshkigal, appearing in the Mirror of the Underworld, suddenly spoke.

While everyone was resisting the invasion of Lahmu, she wasn't doing nothing; she was using the ley lines to monitor the battlefield.

What does "looks a bit strange" mean?

By the time Ishtar left the front lines, Lahmu and his men should have already begun their retreat.

They are intelligent beings, and after realizing that it was no longer possible to wipe out Uruk in one fell swoop, they began to consider retreating to their lair.

"The Lahmu did indeed retreat, but instead of returning to the seabed, they gathered together...?"

Everyone frowned.

Just then, a sound came from the doorway—

"Ishtar! Siduri!"

"... Mother? Shouldn't you be on the front lines?"

The infant Tiamat appeared at the tower, and she hurriedly grabbed the two of them by the arms and ran outside.

Come here!

"What on earth happened... uh, what is that!?"

Once on the balcony, Ishtar's mouth dropped open.

Appearing at the edge of the horizon was the colossal Lahmu, whose size rivaled that of Bull of Heaven.

There are indeed many unique individuals among Lahmu.