Moon World Girlfriend Comes Knocking

Lan Ze drew the Sacred Sword and thrust it fiercely into the pitch-black swamp.

A golden light suddenly flared, as if to dispel all the black mud.

However, the Sea of Life was completely unaffected by the Excalibur; they even swallowed the Noble Phantasm of Excalibur until, in the end, the golden light was completely consumed by the Sea of Life.

Lan Ze was not discouraged. He stopped relying on his own magic and slowly advanced using his own strength. But the further he walked, the more black mud covered his feet.

Until finally, the black mud had spread from his soles to the cuffs of his pants, and it seemed as if it would swallow his entire body.

He reached out towards Tiamat, who was now close at hand. Only by holding someone's hand could he confirm, with that slight warmth, that he was still conscious... that he wasn't dead yet.

But more and more black mud slowly crawled onto his body. While the Sea of Life could not transform Lan Ze, it could prevent him from advancing, stopping him from getting close to Tiamat.

This thing seemed to possess consciousness, unwilling to let Lan Ze approach Tiamat any further.

When Lan Ze, dragging the black mud, slowly approached Tiamat until he could no longer move forward, he stopped.

"Merlin, if you don't come out soon, we're both going to kick the bucket today!" Lan Ze let out a difficult roar.

"My, my, when did you realize I was secretly following you?" A soft, gentle, yet incredibly annoying voice suddenly came from beside him.

Lan Ze slowly turned his head to look. The white-haired mage was standing beside him at some unknown time, his handsome face adorned with a smile as warm as a spring breeze.

This man seemed to maintain his elegant demeanor no matter what happened... oh, except for those occasional moments that broke the illusion.

"So you were here..." Lan Ze stared silently at the man.

Merlin had quietly followed him long before Gilgamesh fell.

But he had no idea how Merlin had managed it.

"Aren't you afraid of the Sea of Life?"

"To be honest, I am a little afraid," Merlin maintained his elegant smile. "But I am a Nightmare, I have no emotions. I won't be affected by King Gilgamesh's passionate emotions, and similarly... I won't be affected by the negative emotions of the Sea of Life."

"The Sea of Life doesn't affect me that much."

He said this, sighed softly, and scratched his head. "Honestly, I actually leaned more towards sending Mother back to the Imaginary Number World."

"I did something before... No, it wasn't me who did it. I watched from the side as that young girl drew the Sword in the Stone and led the people of Britain to prosperity for a time."

"...And then, in the end, the Age of Gods declined, the Knights of the Round Table fell apart, and the kingdom was eventually destroyed."

"I actually wondered at the time, if I had intervened, would the ending have been a little better?"

Lan Ze stared at Merlin, unsure of what he was trying to say.

"What I mean is... regrets are something you only need to have once," Merlin smiled. "Fate is the kind of thing that cannot be broken. No matter how you struggle, you will eventually reach that one ending. That is fate."

"But I want to see," he paused and smiled, "I want to see if there's another possibility."

"Another possibility...?"

"Yes," Merlin suddenly stopped smiling. "Another possibility—"

"Just watch closely, this is Big Brother Merlin's strongest magic! The title of Grand Caster isn't for nothing, you know."

Merlin raised his staff, his eyes so profound that looking into them felt like gazing into an abyss.

In an instant, Lan Ze smelled the faint fragrance of petals.

Countless pink petals drifted before his eyes.

This is...

The Sea of Flowers!

Merlin's Sea of Flowers!

While the Sea of Life could transform Heroic Spirits, Merlin's Sea of Flowers could counter it perfectly!

Or rather, the energy within the Sea of Life would give birth to life, and this Sea of Flowers could absorb the energy of the Sea of Life.

Merlin had intercepted all the energy from the Sea of Life mid-route!

As the Sea of Flowers descended, the black mud was replaced by a sea of pink blossoms. Merlin suddenly looked up, gazing at the youth rushing towards Tiamat, and said softly:

"Come on, let me see if you can break fate and reach another ending!"

As Lan Ze strode through the Sea of Flowers and reached the woman's colossal body, he leaped lightly into the air. At the same time, Merlin's cries of "Ouch, ouch!" suddenly came from behind him.

He couldn't help but glance back at Merlin, only to see the Sea of Life, which had been calm moments before, now attacking Merlin like a furious, impotent beast.

"It's fine, it's fine, don't mind me, Big Brother Merlin's skin is quite thick."

As if sensing Lan Ze's gaze, he smiled gently, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Next, let's see Big Brother Merlin's second magic."

"Artoria, time to eat—" He seemed to have bitten his tongue, covering his mouth and suddenly letting out a pained sound.

However, the staff in his hand had already lit up with a pale white glow.

The next moment, as Lan Ze lunged towards the enormous, bountiful breasts of the woman, accompanied by Merlin's magic, Lan Ze felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

He lay on Tiamat's soft chest, his vision slowly blurring until, finally, Lan Ze slowly, slowly fell asleep.

"I can only help you this much." Merlin looked back at the Sea of Life slowly closing in around him and sighed.

He had nowhere left to retreat.

"Even a Grand Caster... there are things they can't do."

He looked at the overwhelming sea of life slowly surging towards him and suddenly let out a cold laugh. "Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

Merlin slowly raised his staff, then threw it to the ground. He slowly raised his hands.

"I surrender."

Lan Ze slowly opened his eyes. Under Merlin's magic, he easily entered Tiamat's dream.

It was a vast expanse of white, with nothing else.

This wasn't the Imaginary Number World, but Tiamat's dream.

But unlike last time, Lan Ze couldn't see the sea or the beach here. There was only an endless, white space.

"Mother?"

Lan Ze tried calling out, but there was no response.

"Moth--er--!"

"Mom--?!"

Lan Ze's voice, centered on him, continued to spread into the distance. He could even hear his own echo.

But there was still no response.

Lan Ze wasn't giving up. Tiamat's physical body was asleep in reality, but she shouldn't have started sleeping in her dream yet. After all, with such a huge commotion outside, how could she possibly be thinking of sleeping?

Lan Ze took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

He opened his mouth again: "--Aaaaaa--!!!"

As the echo spread into the distance, he faintly heard someone respond to him.

The voice was also in the most primitive language. She said:

"--Aaaaa--"

Lan Ze: "Aaa?"

"AaaRaaaa."

Lan Ze's heart leaped. "Aaaa?"

"Aaaaa!"

Lan Ze's eyes lit up immediately, and he strode towards the direction of the gentle voice.

As he walked, he made "Aaa" sounds.

The voice from the other side also replied with "Aaa."

After walking for an unknown amount of time, in the white environment where nothing else could be seen, Lan Ze finally saw the woman he wanted to meet.

Her appearance hadn't changed at all compared to before. She still had soft, cyan hair, a full and large heart, and... a gentle expression.

"Aaa?" Tiamat tilted her head, looking at Lan Ze. She seemed unable to understand why this child had appeared here.

"I'm here to take you back," Lan Ze said.

Tiamat blinked. She seemed about to say something, but Lan Ze had already stepped forward and taken her hand.

"Don't say anything, just come with me."

"About your Spirit Core... I'll handle it. If you're willing, I can help you shrink your Spirit Core to the level of a Crowned Spirit Core."

"Host, I cannot do that," the System's cold voice echoed in Lan Ze's mind.

"Didn't you say you could seal her Spirit Core if she was willing? Isn't Mother here now?"

"But the preparation time is three days. It's only been two days," the System replied.

"What do you need to prepare?"

"System regulations."

"Regulations my ass. I'll say one number... Right now! Seal Mother's Spirit Core right now."

"Insulting others is wrong, Host," the System responded emotionlessly.

"Then can you do it or not?"

"...Barely."

Before Lan Ze could ask what the System meant by "barely," Tiamat's gentle voice reached his ears. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just talking to a trash System," Lan Ze said.

When Tiamat had gone berserk, the System had given him a mission to deal with Mother of All. Now that he'd found her, it could seal her Spirit Core.

This System completely issued missions based on the current situation.

If he had actually followed the System's mission back then, he would probably have regretted it for the rest of his life.

She was the only one who could replenish his magic and treat him gently. He probably wouldn't meet such a gentle woman again.

"Aaa?" Tiamat suddenly let out a soft cry.

Lan Ze's gaze fixed on the woman, and he said softly, "Let's go back. It's a mess out there now."

To send Lan Ze into the Sea of Life, Uruk had practically poured all its resources into it. And under those circumstances, they still had to deal with hundreds of millions of Lahmu. One could only imagine the immense pressure Gilgamesh was under to agree to support Lan Ze.

Tiamat didn't move. Her gentle eyes held a look of unease. She quietly observed Lan Ze's expression, afraid to see any hint of impatience on his face.

Because of her, such a huge commotion had been caused. Even the clothes Lan Ze was wearing, which were torn in several large holes, looked disheveled.

She gazed quietly into Lan Ze's eyes, then slowly walked forward. But Lan Ze showed no impatience whatsoever. He also stared at Tiamat, watching her walk up to him before placing his hands on her shoulders.

He lowered his head slightly, took the woman's soft, moist lips into his mouth, and then embraced her tightly.

Tiamat's eyes widened slightly, but soon, the Origin Mother who created everything slowly closed her eyes.

The surrounding environment quietly faded away. This was a sign of leaving the dream.

The System's seal was indeed working. Because Tiamat now possessed self-awareness, the System could only shrink her Spirit Core to the level of a Heroic Spirit if she willingly complied.

But it wasn't an ordinary Spirit Core. Tiamat's Spirit Core was so immense that even after shrinking, it would still be at least Crowned level.

When Lan Ze slowly opened his eyes, what greeted him was no longer the dreamscape of pure white.

He was in pitch-black mud, and Tiamat was right in front of him.

But--

When he saw Tiamat's appearance, he couldn't help but freeze.

Tiamat's body had indeed shrunk. As her Spirit Core was sealed, her body had also shrunk to normal human size... but her scales hadn't disappeared. The scales covering her body looked particularly ferocious.

"System, what's going on?"

"I already told the host. It's just a temporary seal. To completely shrink the Spirit Core will take at least until tomorrow," the System's cold voice replied.

Almost the instant the System finished speaking, Tiamat's eyes snapped open.