In the Light Screen footage, the team had already been divided. Naturally, everyone had to act quickly; Gilgamesh's death could not last too long. They had to bring Gilgamesh's soul back before his body went completely cold.
Thus, Fujimaru Tachibana and the others set out at once, heading for Mount Ebih north of Uruk.
In fact, in Sumerian mythology, this mountain was connected to Ishtar. It was the mountain range that had established Ishtar's divine authority.
In Sumerian mythology, because Ishtar took offense at it, she flattened Mount Ebih, the sacred peak feared by the king of the gods. According to the myth, Ishtar drove straight into Mount Ebih. With every step forward, her divine might grew greater. In the end, she seized the summit of the mountain range and pierced the heart of the earth veins with her spear, causing the entire range to collapse.
Without question, this myth alone made the power of the Goddess of Venus clear.
However, within the Singularity, Mount Ebih still stood, its towering range visible even from afar.
And Ishtar's temple was located atop Mount Ebih.
Originally, Mount Ebih had no such temple. But after Ishtar lost her struggle with Gilgamesh over Uruk, she angrily ran to Mount Ebih, declared herself its ruler, and directly used her divine power to build a temple of her own.
Fujimaru Tachibana and the others needed to reach that mountain as quickly as possible and attempt to persuade Ishtar to help them through negotiation.
Honestly, this would not be easy. Because she had possessed Tohsaka Rin's body, the Ishtar of this Singularity was not some terrible evil goddess, but her willful personality was hardly easy to deal with.
Words alone would make it difficult to persuade Ishtar.
Fortunately, at this critical moment, Siduri stepped forward. She told