On the way back to Uruk, everyone remained in high spirits.
Mashu, especially, sighed in wonder for what felt like the umpteenth time.
"We never could have imagined that not only Miss Ereshkigal, but Miss Quetzalcoatl as well, would leave the Three Goddess Alliance and join us. And then there's Miss Ishtar, too. When we first arrived at this Singularity, we really never imagined things would turn out this way."
Thinking back, when Luo Zhen and the others had first arrived at this Singularity and learned of the Three Goddess Alliance, they had spent all their time wondering how they could possibly overcome such a formidable challenge.
Uruk had already been struggling with all its might just to deal with the army of a single Beast Goddess, yet they had still found themselves besieged on three fronts. The situation truly could not have been any more dire.
Who would have thought that Ishtar was not a member of the Three Goddess Alliance, and that Ereshkigal and Quetzalcoatl were goddesses who loved humanity deeply? They had joined the Three Goddess Alliance solely for humanity's sake. From beginning to end, Gorgon had been the only goddess who truly regarded humanity as something that had to be destroyed.
But on closer inspection, that did seem to make sense.
"Three goddesses descended upon this land, yet the Holy Grail just happened to be in Gorgon's hands. There had to be a reason for that."
"The Holy Grail was personally sent into this era by the King of Magecraft. Naturally, it would fall into the hands of the goddess who most wanted to destroy humanity, right?"
"Of course. The King of Magecraft used the Holy Grail to summon Gorgon precisely so that humanity could be destroyed. He even used its power to grant Gorgon Tiamat's