"What's wrong? You've completely lost the momentum you had just now, little girl." A sneer appeared on Gorgon's face. "Are these the Servants and Masters who want to save Humanity's Order?"
Mashu bit her lip tightly and remained silent, only looking up at Gorgon with stubbornness and determination.
That resolute gaze made the Beast Goddess even more displeased, and she suddenly smiled, "If this is all the strength you have, you might as well let me shatter your naive journey with my own hands!"
Mashu fixed her gaze on midair, yet could only watch helplessly as the laser beam mixed with terrifying magical energy flung out by Gorgon shot straight toward her.
Merlin instinctively gripped the staff in his hand, his eyes locked onto Gorgon.
Although it would be a bit difficult for his avatar to deal with this goddess, he had no choice but to try now...
He was about to raise his staff, but the next instant, a terrifying burst of magical pressure suddenly surged from behind. Just as that laser beam was about to blast Mashu, a brilliant and dazzling golden beam of light erupted from the distance!
The light of Excalibur seemed to pierce through the darkness, blasting that laser beam—and even the nearby demonic beasts—into smithereens together!
Gorgon's expression changed slightly, and she abruptly looked up. "Who?!"
Yet that person did not answer Gorgon. He walked out from the city gates holding a sword, the Excalibur in his hand emanating a dazzling golden light that seemed capable of banishing all darkness.
Gorgon frowned slightly, stared for a moment, and then suddenly smiled. "Oh? Another Heroic Spirit?"
Her tone carried a rare touch of gentleness, or rather, contempt, her voice cold: "It's useless no matter how many Heroic Spirits come. Just these children of mine alone can tear everything apart. If I were you, I'd obediently return to the Throne of Heroes right now—"
Gorgon's voice suddenly paused, her expression shifting slightly.
No, it wasn't just a Heroic Spirit... There were other people with this Heroic Spirit!
She heard footsteps.
Not the footsteps of that male Heroic Spirit, but someone else's.
The sound was very light, and it wasn't hard to imagine that the owner of these footsteps must be a gentle woman.
Yet it seemed that with every single step that woman took, the surrounding demonic beasts slowly retreated in tandem.
For the first time, timidity and terror showed in their gazes. If Gorgon hadn't been standing right beside them, these demonic beasts would have already turned tail and fled out of instinctive terror.
...Could it really be a deity?!
Gorgon finally recognized the woman slowly stepping out of the city gates.
Aside from the Goddess of the Underworld and the Feathered Serpent God, other deities actually existed in Mesopotamia?!
And they were definitely not ordinary deities!
The fact that these demonic beasts were this terrified was enough to prove that point.
Gorgon stared in startled doubt at the woman gradually coming into everyone's view, and after seeing her appearance clearly, the Beast Goddess's pupils constricted slightly.
That was... Mother of All?!
"Mother of All?!"
Gorgon's pupils constricted slightly, her gaze filled with dread and disbelief.
There was absolutely no mistake; this woman, this woman was definitely Tiamat, the Primordial Mother of Mesopotamia!
Just like her, Tiamat also possessed the Mother of All Beasts, capable of creating all sorts of demonic beasts!
No...
To be precise, the Mother of All Beasts that Gorgon currently possessed was actually a small fraction of the Authority bestowed upon Gorgon by Tiamat!
No wonder these demonic beasts were currently so terrified, and no wonder they didn't dare to step foot inside the city by even half a step; everything made sense now.
This was the Creation Mother Goddess who truly possessed the Authority of the Mother of All Beasts. When these demonic beasts saw their "mother," they would naturally feel fear, let alone launch an attack against her.
Yet why was the Creation Mother Goddess inside the city?
And also... what about the League of the Three Goddesses?!
It was only at this moment that Gorgon realized: among the League of the Three Goddesses, the Goddess of the Underworld was nowhere to be found, and the Feathered Serpent God seemed to have joined the enemy faction.
Only she was left in the League of the Three Goddesses.
Even worse... the Creation Mother Goddess was now in the enemy faction as well.
If Gorgon hadn't been an Avenger, if her heart hadn't been completely filled with vengeance, her mental state would likely have collapsed by now.
The League of the Three Goddesses was just like a "booze club." Everyone allied at the start saying they were going to destroy Uruk and plot for their own desired benefits.
As it turned out, the only one who diligently and earnestly wanted to destroy Uruk was the Beast Goddess Gorgon herself... She was practically Gin from Fate.
At this moment, Gorgon finally realized what she was truly facing. Looking into Tiamat's gentle eyes, she only felt an overwhelming sense of pressure sweeping in from all directions, causing her to instinctively take half a step back.
This woman was the Beast Goddess... No, she should be called the Creation Mother Goddess!
The terrifying pressure Gorgon had previously released completely vanished in this instant; no, to be exact, it was completely neutralized by Tiamat.
Just by standing in opposition to Gorgon, Tiamat's vast magical energy canceled out everything.
The pitch-black gale that had just been whipped up vanished silently in this moment, and the intangible oppressive feeling originally weighing down on everyone quietly faded away... Then, it was replaced by a pressure even more terrifying than Gorgon's.
After the shock, Gorgon calmed down.
Her expression tightened, and magical energy filled the surrounding area under her manipulation, resisting the oppressive force brought by Tiamat.
Neither side had made a move yet, but that extreme, oppressive atmosphere caused the numerous Heroic Spirits at the edge of the battlefield to feel immense pressure.
This sense of pressure made everyone's bodies extremely heavy, as if the moment they relaxed even a little, they wouldn't be able to endure the strain and would uncontrollably drop to their knees before her.
Merlin gritted his teeth to the utmost, lowered his cane, and turned to shout at the group:
"Do not kneel! The Mother is not targeting us. Hang in there and don't easily bow your head!"
Then he froze the moment he turned his head.
Mashu stood straight while propping up her shield, Ushiwakamaru leaned on her sword to support herself, and the Heroic Spirit beside her likewise stood tall and straight beneath the canopy of heaven.
Hearing Merlin's shout, everyone instinctively looked at Merlin.
At this very moment, the white-haired wizard was sitting flat on the ground amidst the pressure between the two sides, panting heavily as he shouted at the top of his lungs to encourage them.
"..."
Everyone's gazes became utterly speechless.
You're the one telling us not to yield, yet look at you—you sit yourself on the ground and pant?
Noticing the speechless gazes from several people, Merlin rubbed the back of his head and smiled, "Sorry... My constitution has always been relatively frail, so sitting makes the pressure feel a bit less intense."
After all, this was his avatar rather than his true body, and his capabilities were limited.
"Speaking of which, why is that senior completely fine...?" Mashu suddenly said in a soft voice.
The gazes of the group all fell upon the young man standing beside Tiamat.
At this moment, amid the impending battle between the two sides, Lan Ze's expression remained completely natural, his body showed no signs of tension, and he looked very relaxed.
"Could it be that the Creation Mother Goddess helped him neutralize that pressure?" Fujimaru Ritsuka guessed.
"Impossible... After all, standing beside that Mother is already an immense pressure in itself," Ushiwakamaru shook her head and said.
"Then why is he fine?" Mashu's eyes were filled with astonishment, her gaze fixed intently on Lan Ze.
Even though he looked rather soft and weak, he had first broken Gorgon's attack and was now standing by Tiamat's side in an extremely relaxed state... You had to know that just standing nearby watching Tiamat gave them a heart-palpitating sense of oppression.
Yet this senior looked completely unfazed... It was simply mind-boggling.
"The more awe and reverence one holds toward the Creation Mother Goddess, the more one can feel this pressure."
Merlin paused for a moment and continued explaining, "And as for him... he doesn't seem to hold any awe or reverence toward the Creation Mother Goddess."
"Toward the Creation Mother Goddess... no awe or reverence?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka repeated the words, and when she raised her head once more, her gaze was already filled with reverence.
He didn't revere gods; no wonder he could soothe the Creation Mother Goddess before. So that was how it was...
"--Aaaaaa--"
While everyone was still immersed in their shock, a beautiful song suddenly reached their ears.
Tiamat clasped her hands together in a prayer-like gesture and slowly opened her mouth.
The instant that beautiful singing started, the entire world seemed to tremble, and the surrounding demonic beasts retreated instinctively without any intention of resisting.
Merlin reacted immediately, turning his head to shout, "It's too dangerous here, we must evacuate this area first!"
At the same time, the surrounding demonic beasts began to tremble uncontrollably. Under the extreme terror, they finally stopped paying attention to the "mother" who had created them, turning around and fleeing frantically in the direction opposite to Uruk.
Amidst this massive beast tide, everyone's escape route was undoubtedly subjected to massive obstruction.
Fortunately, there was still support from Ishtar high in the air. While heartbrokenly tossing gems, she cried out angrily, "I'm not helping for your sakes! I'm only intervening reluctantly because you gave me a huge pile of gems earlier. If you don't compensate me with an equivalent amount of gems after this is over, I'll join the Goddess Alliance and wipe all of you out!"
Just by opening her mouth, you could tell she was a seasoned tsundere.
Despite saying that, the tsundere's support didn't stop, and through her carpet bombing, she finally managed to carve out a path for everyone to leave.
Meanwhile, Gorgon was also roaring angrily. The fires of vengeance had clouded her judgment, and she raised her hands, which had transformed into sharp claws, and squeezed hard.
In midair, the laser beams condensed together, forming a sphere, which then burst forth with a resounding boom.
"Aaaa."
Tiamat's song came once again, and the explosion formed by that orb of light dissipated in Tiamat's song before it could even fully manifest.
Yet Gorgon refused to give up. She raised her sharp claws once more, lunging fiercely toward Tiamat.
She couldn't do anything to Tiamat through magecraft, so she decided to try closing the distance with Tiamat and launching a physical assault against her.
Gorgon's claw slammed fiercely down toward Tiamat's head, but Tiamat merely raised her head to look at the woman in midair. This goddess, whose eyes were blinded by hatred, had actually spread a pair of wings at this moment, and her sharp claws gleamed with a soul-fracturing luster beneath the dim sky.
Yet just as those sharp claws were about to rake across the top of Tiamat's head, they abruptly stopped dead in their tracks.
No... Gorgon hadn't intended to stop; she was uncontrollably bounced away!
An invisible defensive barrier had formed with Tiamat at its center, and that barrier completely blocked Gorgon's attack!
Gorgon stared fixedly at Tiamat's calm expression, a serene visage that made her feel her pride had suffered a great insult.
Her pupils carried the icy coldness of a poisonous snake, and she violently spread her wings.
Light rays containing a destructive aura gathered together in the surroundings, shooting forth in a simultaneous barrage toward the cyan-haired woman on the ground!
"Aaa." Tiamat merely opened her little mouth, and that song quietly neutralized Gorgon's offensive.
The woman's clear, translucent pupils remained utterly calm from beginning to end, drifting like a small boat on a turbulent sea. No matter how the ocean churned, she always maintained her composure, as if she wouldn't change expression even if a mountain collapsed right before her eyes.
Gorgon refused to let up, launching one wave of attacks after another, yet Tiamat simply used her song to cancel out Gorgon's attacks from start to finish.
Until finally, the Beast Goddess panted heavily, her large chest heaving violently.
She stared dead at Tiamat. "You aren't a Beast... You actually aren't a Beast!"
She had finally realized something right at this moment.
Yes, the current Tiamat... was not a Beast, but the Creation Mother Goddess.
Her Spiritron base wasn't as massive as before, and her strength wasn't as formidable as she had imagined... But she was the Primordial Mother. Simply put... your mother is still your mother.
Tiamat frowned slightly, seeming displeased by Gorgon's words.
Finally, she once again let out the "Aaa" song.
This time, however, the melody differed from the previous instances.
Almost the moment Tiamat's song began to ring out, the earth all around began to crack apart, and deafening explosions echoed endlessly. Gorgon rapidly maneuvered to evade these jaw-dropping beams of light.
Her previous attacks hadn't worked on Tiamat, but Tiamat's current offensive was bringing her immense trouble!
This disparity made the Beast Goddess even more furious. She abruptly raised her sharp claws, intending to counterattack amidst Tiamat's song, but the surrounding light beams—capable of dissolving anything—forced her to pull back and desperately defend against Tiamat's "song."
Lan Ze stood beside Tiamat, glancing at Gorgon and then eyeing the calm Tiamat, who was merely singing softly, and instinctively swallowed a lump in his throat.
Though he had long known that Mother's strength was terrifying, it was only now that he finally had a substantive experience of it.
It was also at this moment that he truly understood just how terrifying Tiamat's singing really was.
No wonder Merlin had been so terrified of Tiamat back then. Normally, when Mother went "Aaa" while talking to her children, she was amiable and affectionate, but looking at it now, this song was basically an ultimate weapon of mass destruction!
Looking at the Beast Goddess not far away, who was looking utterly battered and wretched under Tiamat's offensive, Lan Ze felt a twinge of fear rise in his heart for some reason.
Even with a shrunk Spiritron base, Tiamat still possessed this kind of strength; if she were in her complete Spiritron form... No wonder she was rated as an extinction-level beast.
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