At that moment, everyone was dumbfounded.
Mashu and everyone in Chaldea were no exception.
Even Ishtar, who had originally been sprawled on the ground looking utterly weak, shuddered all over and abruptly raised her head.
"What did you say?" Ishtar asked in astonishment. "You said Ereshkigal was the last member of the Three Goddess Alliance? That Ereshkigal? She manifested too? You're lying, right?!"
Ishtar could not help shouting.
Her reaction was perfectly understandable.
After all, Ishtar had once descended into the underworld, had all her Authority taken from her there, and had ultimately been cut into pieces by Ereshkigal. Now that she had suddenly heard Ereshkigal's name and learned that she had manifested, it was only natural for her to be shocked on the spot.
But...
"W-Wait! Senpai!"
Mashu hurriedly spoke up.
"Isn't there some mistake? The last member of the Three Goddess Alliance should clearly have been Miss Ishtar!"
It was no wonder Mashu would say that.
After all, Ishtar had previously appeared before Luo Zhen and the others as one of the members of the Three Goddess Alliance.
The time they fought Gorgon in the northern Fir Forest, Ishtar had appeared alongside Quetzalcoatl. Not only had she claimed to be one of the Three Goddess Alliance, the other two goddesses had also treated her as an ally. There could be no mistake about that.
Moreover, the last time at the Chaldea embassy, when Luo Zhen had woken early after dreaming of the white giant, had he not encountered Ishtar in the lobby and discussed the Three Goddess Alliance with her?
At that time, Ishtar had likewise spoken with Luo Zhen as one of the Three Goddess Alliance, even claiming that if they wanted to defeat her, she could fight them at any time.
Yet now Luo Zhen was