"Mash!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka held Fou tightly in one arm while reaching out for Mash with all his strength with the other.
"Master!"
As she fell, Mash adjusted her position, trying to grab Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand as well.
Lawrence, Liao Ye, Zi Juan, and Ushiwakamaru each held a vial of gem potion.
Falling from such an absurd height, no one could claim they would not be killed by the impact—not even a Servant as powerful as Zi Juan.
Back when Annanu had come to the Underworld, it had taken him a full forty-nine days to travel from the entrance all the way to its bottom.
Although Annanu's route had been highly winding, and Ereshkigal's alterations to the Underworld's structure had raised its bottom, it was still an unimaginably vast distance.
Judging by feel alone, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt as though he had been falling continuously for more than a day and a night.
"Doctor, how long have we been falling? How much longer—until we reach the bottom?!"
Mash finally caught Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand and shouted into the wind at Roman.
"I have the complete data here!"
Roman tapped the keyboard twice and pulled up the detailed timing. "You have now been falling for twenty-seven hours!"
"Tiamat and Abzu were the first to reach the ground. They fell for around twenty-five hours, and a battle has already broken out underground since then! Annanu and Enkidu arrived about an hour ago. Now, you should reach the bottom of the Underworld in roughly another twenty minutes. Prepare yourselves in advance!"
"Ah, so we really have been falling for that long." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked surprisingly calm as he scratched Fou beneath the chin with the hand holding him. "Looks like deciding to take a nap while falling was the right call after all."
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