12dz Chapter 217 Gods and God-Level Servants
Chapter 217 Gods and God-Level Servants
Chapter 218 Gods and God-Level Servants
"Oh dear, it seems someone doesn't want their guilty conscience to be known! What, are you ashamed to know you're a jewel thief?"
Looking at the magnificent goddess floating in the sky, Merlin couldn't help but make a joke.
On their way to Kusa City, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others encountered the farmer who had stolen the gems.
It was Ishtar who stole these gems.
“That’s not the case!”
Upon hearing Merlin's mockery, Ishtar's expression immediately changed from a smile.
"First of all, I would never attack a human for money."
"Didn't you steal the jewels?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka asked in confusion.
"I only took the rightful reward for defeating the monsters. If you were to save humanity for free, you would quickly become corrupt."
"So you mean you've helped someone before?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly grasped the key point.
"well?
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Once the key point was grasped, Ishtar quickly covered her mouth.
Seeing Ishtar's expression, Shirou Kotomine couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Ishtar looks remarkably like Rin Tohsaka.
They're practically sculpted from the same template.
As Rin Tohsaka's childhood friend, Shirou Hitotomi is all too familiar with this kind of personality.
"In short, I will punish you with divine retribution."
"You've treated me like an idiot twice in a row. You'd better pay for your sins."
Ishtar, displaying her tsundere traits to the fullest, slowly extended her finger towards Shirou Kotomine and the others.
Then, the large bow floating beside her, resembling a flying machine, gradually drew its string to its full extent.
Arrows made of magic quickly converged and were aimed directly at Shirou Kotomine and the others.
This time, Ishtar showed no mercy.
This time, the arrow was no longer aimed at the open ground as before, but at the group of people gathered together, including Shirou Kotomine.
"Wait, we have no intention of fighting you."
Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly shouted at Ishtar.
Although he had fought Ishtar in Gilgamesh's Tower before, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not consider her to be an enemy on the opposite side.
Although Ishtar is not a benevolent god in mythology.
But when they first arrived in this world, Ishtar saved them from being surrounded by monsters.
Although Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu wouldn't have gotten into any trouble even without Ishtar's help, she felt that Ishtar's actions were definitely worth trying to win her over.
Especially after the conversation we just had.
As a diplomatic master who has interacted with many Servants, how could Fujimaru Ritsuka not know about the tsundere personality?
Therefore, she really didn't want to fight him.
What he wanted to do was communicate.
Just like she did in other singularities.
But goddesses are capricious.
Ishtar ignored Fujimaru Ritsuka's advice and declared with a smile, "Enough nonsense, I'll accept the treasure in your hands as compensation for your emotional distress."
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The arrows, made of magic, were already poised to be fired.
With Ishtar's final declaration, the long-awaited arrow was immediately and swiftly fired.
It directly points to Kotomine Shiro and others.
"So you really are a robber!"
Faced with this attack, Merlin could no longer ignore it as before. He quickly dodged around while shouting loudly.
Anna's dodges were equally swift.
Mashu stood firmly in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka, her shield aloft.
After the recent crisis, she probably won't be leaving Fujimaru Ritsuka's side for a long time to come.
In this situation, only Kotomine Shirou did not dodge.
He chose to face the challenge head-on.
Having been tempered by the Holy Grail War, Shirou Kotomine is now far more powerful and experienced than before.
With the help of many Servants, why would he choose to run away?
"clang!"
Instantly completing the Servant reception, Shirou Kotomine held his shield in front of his eyes and charged forward, enduring the impact of the arrow.
Faced with Ishtar's arrow, the small world surrounding the sky was able to perfectly receive the attack without needing to be released.
That's right, Shirou Kotomine received the power of Achilles.
Compared to other Servants, Ishtar has a slight advantage in dealing damage herself.
That means it can fly.
Although Shirou Kotomine's strength is now vastly different from what it used to be, he still cannot fly.
In the past, it wasn't that Shirou Kotomine was incapable of flying.
Whether flying through the little blue dragon or achieving flight through magic jets, Shirou Kotomine can do it all.
But none of these are suitable for this battle.
The former is currently studying magic in Uruk.
The latter is inflexible and can only go straight to the point.
That's why Shirou Kotomine chose Achilles, preparing to pilot his chariot in this aerial battle.
"Looks like I need to master the ability to fly as soon as possible!"
Looking at Ishtar floating in the sky, Shirou Kotomine thought to himself.
The reason why Shirou Kotomine didn't gain the ability to fly in the past wasn't because he was incapable of it, but simply because he didn't have the idea.
After all, the level of previous battles was not very high.
At that time, Shirou Kotomine was facing enemies who were all on the ground.
Therefore, Shirou Kotomine is not used to fighting in the sky.
As for experiencing the feeling of flying?
Can't you do the same thing by riding the little green dragon?
Even the rare flying warrior, Mine Shirou, can make up for this deficiency with the Little Azure Dragon.
Therefore, Shirou Kotomine had never thought about the ability to fly before.
After all, Shirou Kotomine's strength was improving too quickly, and he was already very busy with little spare time.
Other matters alone have already kept Shirou Kotomine busy dealing with them.
With his mind in such a state, how could he possibly focus on mastering the relatively unimportant skill of flight?
However, as his strength rapidly increases, the enemies that Kotomine Shirou has to face also become increasingly powerful.
As a result, the importance of flight capability rapidly increased.
At this moment, Shirou Kotomine already had ideas on how to make up for this shortcoming.
As for how to solve it?
In fact, there are solutions in both Fairy Tail's library and the magic books of the Type-Moon world.
At this point, there were hardly any problems in magic that Shirou Kotomine couldn't solve.
However, solving the flight problem is not an issue that Shirou Kotomine needs to address right now.
What Shirou Kotomine has to do now is fight Ishtar, the goddess of Venus.
"I have arrived, Ishtar."
Swinging his shield to deflect Ishtar's shot, Shirou Kotomine charged straight at her.
"What?"
To Ishtar's astonishment, Shirou Kotomine leaped into the air.
Then a chariot suddenly appeared beneath his feet and charged toward Ishtar in the sky.
Ishtar was not far from the ground.
Therefore, under the swift charge of the chariot, Ishtar was almost knocked off her.
Having narrowly escaped being run over by the chariot, Ishtar exclaimed incredulously, "You actually have a chariot like this? Who are you?"
The image that Shirou Kotomine is currently displaying is very different from the image that Ishtar has in the memories of the girl she possessed.
This puzzled her somewhat.
And a sense of crisis.
"I am Shirou Kotomine, of course, a magician who is using the power of heroes."
"As for the rest? Those are completely irrelevant in this battle."
After maneuvering the tank in a circle in the sky and turning it around again, Kotomine Shirou once more steered it toward Ishtar's location.
Upon seeing this, Ishtar quickly mounted the large bow beside her.
This bow was both Ishtar's weapon and her mount.
Riding in this multi-functional aircraft, Ishtar quickly flew into the sky.
She wanted to distance herself from Shirou Kotomine.
Meanwhile, Shirou Mine followed closely behind in his chariot.
The two of them quickly broke through the clouds and flew into the sky, one after the other, and a fierce spatial contest officially began.
Kotomine Shirou is both the pursuer and the defender.
As Ishtar continued to increase the distance while fleeing, she also kept firing magic bullets at Shirou Kotomine in an attempt to disrupt his pursuit.
But why would Kotomine Shirou be afraid of these things?
Even when Chiron shot arrows, Kotomine Shirou showed no fear.
Not to mention the magic bullets fired by Ishtar?
No matter how many magic bullets Ishtar fired, they were all eventually defeated by Shirou Kotomine wielding his spear.
"Ugh! This is such a hassle!"
Looking at Shirou Kotomine following closely behind, Ishtar couldn't help but complain.
"I should have known better than to steal Fujimaru Ritsuka's stone slab."
Ishtar was extremely depressed.
Although it was only a brief exchange, Ishtar had already experienced just how difficult Shirou Kotomine was to deal with.
She didn't want to continue fighting with Shirou Kotomine like this.
But running away like this would be too embarrassing.
This put Ishtar in a difficult position.
Meanwhile, on the ground, looking up at Shirou Kotomine and Ishtar chasing each other back and forth in the sky, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Merlin couldn't help but sigh.
"It seems Shirou has gained a lot from this trip!"
"His combat strength is now almost as good as Ishtar's."
Merlin commented.
Although Ishtar is a goddess, this is not her full power.
After all, the gods of Mesopotamia had already disappeared from this land and gone to the Star Sea.
The appearance of Quetzalcoatl and Gorgon the Furies is attributed to the influence of Goetia.
But they all descended in the form of servants.
That is, a god-level servant.
Rather than a true god.
Ishtar descended in a possessed form, so she was certainly not at full power.
In this singularity, only Ereshkigal, who resides in the underworld, and Tiamat, who has returned from the imaginary space, can unleash their full power.
Ereshkigal can exert her full power because her underworld still exists.
As long as she's in the underworld, she's absolute.
Therefore, when facing the invincible Tiamat, he thought of sending Tiamat to the underworld and using Ereshkigal's underworld authority to defeat her.
As for Tiamat, that goes without saying.
Her abilities are obvious to everyone.
She rarely takes the initiative.
The entire battle was almost entirely fought on the defensive.
Even so, this brought various desperate situations to the main characters, including Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Ultimately, it amounted to total annihilation.
These two are considered the only two god-level combatants who can unleash their full power.
Ishtar is completely unsuitable.
Of all the goddesses who descended this time, she was one of the least fortunate.
Not only because of the way she arrived, but also because her strongest technique, "The Bull of Heaven," has disappeared.
Even so, if she were to unleash her Noble Phantasm, one could glimpse her true strength.
But without unleashing his Noble Phantasm, Shirou Kotomine, now wielding the power of Achilles, is not intimidated by her at all.
"I didn't expect Shirou's strength to have increased so much."
Fujimaru Ritsuka, who witnessed this scene as well, was overjoyed.
After all, Shirou Kotomine is one of their own forces.
The increased strength of her own forces meant that her chances of victory had increased.
How could this not excite Fujimaru Ritsuka?
"Hey, senior, look! Isn't the battle over?"
Mashu suddenly pointed to the sky and shouted.
The two beams of light that were just chasing each other in the sky were now reduced to one.
And the sounds of their battle ceased.
Before this, the sky was filled with the light and shadow of the two fighting.
Especially when the sun has just set.
"What exactly happened?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka muttered to herself.
In the sky, Shirou Kotomine, standing on his chariot, looked at Ishtar, whom he had placed behind the chariot, and couldn't help but show a frustrated expression on his face.
He and Ishtar were originally engaged in a fierce chase.
Just as Shirou Kotomine was about to break through Ishtar's line of fire and take her down, he suddenly tilted his head and fell straight to the ground.
Kotomine Shirou, of course, knew what was going on.
When Ishtar descended upon the girl, Ereshkigal, the lord of the underworld, also descended upon her.
The two of them occupied this body together.
However, this body is controlled by Ishtar during the day and by Ereshkigal at night.
Only Ereshkigal knew about this.
But Ishtar was unaware of this.
The reason she suddenly fell downwards was because the sun had set, and Ishtar's consciousness began to fall into slumber.
The consciousness belonging to Ereshkigal is about to take over this body.
"Tsk, this is so boring. We were just getting to the exciting part."
"I can't help but complain," Shirou Kotomine muttered dejectedly.
Although this wasn't Ishtar's peak form, it was still enough to put pressure on Shirou Kotomine.
Unlike the minor skirmishes when facing Fujimaru Ritsuka before.
When facing Shirou Kotomine, Ishtar's every attack was incredibly powerful.
However, Shirou Kotomine knew that this was still not her full strength.
Because of the possession that brought her here, Ishtar is now in another rather uncomfortable situation.
That is, it lacks magic.
Ishtar is very short of magic power, which means that even though her best attack is shooting with the great bow she is using, she only shoots small magic bullets with her fingers.
The release of the Noble Phantasm was even more delayed.
Don't think about letting her unleash her Noble Phantasm unless it's absolutely necessary.
In conclusion, even though she is not the deity in her true form, Ishtar is still very powerful when she is possessed.
"I really want to have a good fight with her!"
Kotomine Shirou thought helplessly.
He was eager to witness the full power of the gods.
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