Goetia Makes His Move

What do you want with us?

"I'll help you resolve this singularity, and in return, you'll take me back to Chaldea."

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned slightly.

"Why?"

"Save the world."

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at him and remained silent for a moment.

She considered refusing, but she couldn't beat this man.

He said he wanted to help, so I did. I can't find a better helper right now anyway.

And, to save the world?

I really hope what he said is true; it's really hard for an ordinary person like her to bear the crisis that could destroy the world.

"Okay, welcome."

Higashino Makoto was satisfied with Fujimaru Ritsuka's answer, after all, he didn't want to be enemies with this savior.

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and turned to walk into the castle.

The four of them passed through the city gate and entered the city. Fujimaru Ritsuka greeted the residents warmly, and then spoke to Higashino Makoto.

"I will take you to see Gilgamesh,"

Upon hearing this, Higashino Makoto stopped in his tracks.

"I'm not going."

Fujimaru Ritsuka turned her head.

"What's wrong?"

"Who is he? Do I have to go and call him? Tell him to come find me."

Fujimaru Ritsuka's lips twitched slightly.

"Mr. Higashino, Gilgamesh is --"

"I know who he is. The so-called oldest Hero- king of mankind, a demigod, a man who possesses all the treasures of the world, so what?"

"Just a mere golden glitter!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka opened her mouth as if to say something, but didn't.

Well, I didn't even notice. He's using the name Luci★Fer, so it's only natural that he should be arrogant enough.

She turned her head to look at Mash Kyrielight, Mash Kyrielight looked back at her. They both sighed at the same time.

So what do you plan to do?

Higashino Makoto looked around, his gaze sweeping over the low mud buildings, the hurried people, and the soldiers still shooting arrows on the distant city wall.

What is the crux of this singularity?

Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"The goddess of monsters, Gorgon. She summons monsters to attack the city from her temple outside Uruk."

"Anything else?"

"And there's the Three Goddess Alliance."

Higashino Makoto shook his head.

"No, you've been fooled. Gorgon isn't the core of this singularity. She's just a target being pushed out; the real core is elsewhere."

Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned, looking somewhat worried.

What else do you know?

"That's not important."

Higashino Makoto did not explain.

He remembered that the final boss of this singularity was not Gorgon, but Tiamat.

The creator goddess, the mother sea, the source of all life.

Abandoned by the gods and sealed in the Imaginary Number Sea, her resentment and sorrow transformed her into a world-destroying monster.

Gorgon was merely her prelude; Tiamat was the true protagonist.

But what he didn't know was that Goetia wouldn't wait until the end.

He noticed the anomaly of the singularity, and his clairvoyance detected Higashino Makoto's arrival.

Faced with this threat, he decided to eliminate it altogether.

Sensing something, Higashino Makoto looked up at the sky obscured by the black sun.

Fujimaru Ritsuka followed his gaze but saw nothing.

What is that?

Higashino Makoto did not answer.

The sky cracked open.

The void was like a crumpled piece of cloth, the folds spreading outwards to reveal a deep darkness.

Something was wriggling in the darkness, rising from the Imaginary Number Sea.

Its enormous body blotted out the sky, like a moving mountain range.

Tiamat.

Her body emerged from the Imaginary Number Sea, taking on a female form, with her most striking feature being a pair of enormous horns.

Countless clumps of black mud continued to spread from where she was.

Fujimaru Ritsuka stared at the enormous figure, her mouth agape.

"What... what is that?"

"Tiamat, the Mother Goddess of Creation, the true core of this singularity."

Higashino Makoto raised his hand, preparing to launch an attack.

Then he sensed a light, golden and intense, carrying destructive energy.

The speed was so fast that even his reaction time could only catch a fleeting afterimage.

The band of light, over ten meters in diameter, had golden flames burning at its edges.

Dozens or even hundreds of beams merged together, forming a massive, scorching pillar of light that flew towards Higashino Makoto.

"The time of its birth has come; it is the one who will correct all."

A voice came from the direction of the sky, carrying an undeniable certainty.

Fujimaru Ritsuka recognized the voice.

Goetia, the culprit Human Order Incineration.

Higashino Makoto knew that its essence was the aggregate of the seventy-two demon gods, the remains of Solomon.

He came in person.

He felt threatened by Higashino Makoto.

A god-level being, a variable not belonging to this world.

He could not tolerate the existence of this variable.

Higashino Makoto watched the halo of light draw ever closer.

Golden flames licked the air, burning everything around them to Void.

The blackness at the center of the halo was expanding, devouring, and swallowing up light, sound, space, and time.

Without hesitation, Mash Kyrielight shielded Fujimaru Ritsuka, Higashino Makoto, and the others behind her.

"Noble Phantasm unleashed! The Lord Camelot!"

Higashino Makoto knew she couldn't stop him.

Or rather, she was able to block this attack, but at the cost of her life.

That won't do!

When did I become so destitute that I needed someone else to protect me?

He walked from behind the shield to in front of Mash Kyrielight, raised his right hand, and stopped time.

"Time Stop!"

Of course, this did not stop Goetia, since he was almost unaffected by time due to his ability to "Independent Manifestation".

However, delaying the attack slightly and buying themselves some time should not be a problem.

"Nether Womb of Absolute Nothingness," unfold!

The Void Demon King unfolds; this is his third Demon King form, and his strongest power to date.

It symbolizes the cosmic concept of "Void," and its core ability is to completely erase all existence from its source.

Ignoring all laws and defenses, it directly erases the target's existence.

Its attacks are extremely powerful and cannot be defended against or neutralized.

However, Higashino Makoto now uses it as a defensive measure.

He unfolded this "Void" before himself.

An indescribable void appeared before him.

Then, the beam of light collided with it.

The golden torrent of energy vanished the moment it touched "nothingness".

The beam of light disappeared segment by segment, starting from the tip, like a lit candle burning from the wick. Wherever the flame passed, the wax evaporated, and the wick turned to ash.

The beam of light from Goetia was completely wiped out within seconds.

In the sky, the enormous golden halo continued to spin, but it did not launch any further attacks.

Goetia stared at the empty space in front of Higashino Makoto, a serious look appearing in his golden pupils for the first time.

Higashino Makoto withdrew his hand, and the "Void" slowly dissipated before him.

He looked up at the figure in the white robe in the sky.

"My turn."

A key appeared in his hand.

The staff is golden, with a dark red gem set at its top.

Liu'er's angel, the Michael, corresponds to the power of sealing and unsealing.

Similar to Nia Honjo's Angel and Demon King, the Demon King's power after the reversal is not significantly different; it remains the power of sealing and releasing.

"Untie!"

He twirled the key in his hand, and the staff transformed into a long spear.

The gun has a black body and a golden tip, with fine lines flowing across the tip.

Higashino Makoto gripped his spear tightly and pushed off with his feet.

The ground beneath his feet exploded, his body vanished from its original spot, and reappeared in front of Goetia the next second.