Chapter 46: The Unstoppable Demonic Beast Army!
"Boom—!"
A roaring torrent of Magical Energy instantly tore through the earth.
The 'Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia,' a bastion that had stood firm for over half a year, shattered in a single moment.
"Enemy attack! It's an unknown, powerful goddess!"
"Everyone, hold the front line! Don't let a single Demonic Beast break through!"
"Defend! Hold your ground!!"
"Report! There are too many breaches; the Demonic Beasts are swarming inside!"
"Hold them back! Even if it costs your lives, you must hold them!"
"Sir!"
Chaos—absolute, utter chaos.
The massive defenses of the Northern Wall were completely decimated under this sudden onslaught.
A sea of Demonic Beasts poured through the fractures. Wherever they passed, blood soaked the earth. Soldiers were slaughtered, and lives were snuffed out in staggering numbers.
"Psh—"
Right at the critical moment, a spear whistled through the air and skewered a Demonic Beast.
"Everyone, reform your lines! Fall in!"
A man in a red cloak with a sturdy, muscular build had arrived—Leonidas.
With Leonidas's arrival, the entire Northern Wall suddenly found its pillar of support. The soldiers began to regain their spirit. On the battlefield, the most vital asset for a strong army is a strong general.
He is the soul of the troops, the manifestation of their will. Without one, no matter how powerful an army is, it remains nothing more than a scattered mob.
Right now, Leonidas was that will. By his sheer presence, the soldiers had an anchor.
"I truly didn't expect the Demonic Beasts to appear in such numbers, let alone a powerful goddess. Has the Three Goddess Alliance finally lost its patience? If only Shin Akira were still here, it would be a massive help."
Subconsciously, Leonidas found himself thinking of Shin Akira. That man's extraordinary methods for dealing with waves of Demonic Beasts made him, hands down, the ultimate military force.
Unfortunately, the man was no longer at the Northern Wall—he wasn't even in Uruk.
And so, the battle had to continue.
"Everyone, raise your spears..."
"Swoosh— Swoosh— Swoosh—"
The surrounding soldiers all raised their long spears, awaiting Leonidas's command.
"Throw!"
"Swoosh— Swoosh— Swoosh—"
Like a torrential rain, a massive volley of spears was launched.
However, after the volley was spent, the number of Demonic Beasts had not decreased significantly. If one monster fell, the next one immediately stepped in to fill the gap.
"Fight to the death without retreat! Sparta—!"
With a roar, Leonidas launched his assault. The spear in his hand tore through the lunging Demonic Beasts, shredding them to pieces.
He was a Heroic Spirit. As powerful as these Demonic Beasts were, they weren't a direct threat to him. The only thing causing him trouble was their near-infinite numbers.
"Activate the Dingir (Staff of the Priest) immediately!"
"Yes, sir!"
A nearby soldier responded instantly. One team climbed the Northern Wall while another brought forward the Lapis Lazuli.
One by one, shining 'treasures' were loaded into the Dingir. Accompanied by the glow of the Lapis Lazuli and the precision of the soldiers, shots were fired in rapid succession.
The Dingir (Staff of the Priest) was a weapon crafted, commanded, and directly fueled by the Magical Energy of Gilgamesh.
It was used to fire the 'treasures' he had collected. In this critical hour for Uruk, even a man as obsessed with his collection as Gilgamesh didn't hesitate to endure the heartache of loading his treasures into the cannons, handing them over to the soldiers to operate.
The destruction of those treasures was equivalent to a Broken Phantasm, a feat of 'extravagance' that could be called the most wasteful act in human history.
As Gilgamesh once said, "Broken Phantasm? This King was doing such things over 4,000 years ago!"
"Boom—"
"Bang—"
"Boom—"
Each bombardment from the Dingir resulted in the mass death of the Demonic Beasts, significantly easing the pressure on the soldiers.
"What is actually happening? Why are there so many Demonic Beasts attacking the Northern Wall?"
In the distance, away from the wall, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others—who had been clearing out Demonic Beasts—retreated after facing such a massive surge.
Watching the Demonic Beasts move like a line of ants, Fujimaru Ritsuka once again felt the sting of his own weakness.
"It looks like we have a major problem. It seems the Demonic Beast Goddess couldn't sit still any longer and chose to attack Uruk."
Merlin furrowed his brow. He hadn't predicted that this event would happen so soon.
As one of the few people in the world who knew the truth, Merlin was well aware that the figure claiming the name 'Tiamat' and the title of 'Demonic Beast Goddess' before them was nothing more than a fake.
The real Tiamat was currently still slumbering in the depths of the sea.
However, even if she was a fake, that existence was an absolute, overwhelming enemy for the current Uruk to match.
Uruk simply couldn't deploy a combat unit with absolute power right now.
The strongest they had were the Servants Gilgamesh had summoned using Uruk's Great Holy Grail—of whom only four remained—and Merlin himself didn't possess much raw combat power.
This was because the majority of his Magical Energy was being used to maintain the illusion magic against Tiamat. To participate further in battle was almost impossible.
To fight one Demonic Beast Goddess only to end up waking the real Mother Goddess would be a catastrophic loss.
"Romani, do you have a solution?"
Merlin reached out to Romani and the others back at Chaldea. Even if they weren't physically there, as a King, Romani's wisdom was not to be underestimated.
「 "I'm sorry, but I don't have a solution for this either." 」
"Really? Nothing?"
「 "Yes. These Demonic Beasts aren't individually strong, but the problem is their sheer volume. In our detection, there's no accurate number because they are flowing in without end. All of Mesopotamia... every Demonic Beast is converging." 」
"Every Demonic Beast in all of Mesopotamia is converging, huh..."
「 "Correct. I am truly sorry, but even if Mash releases her Noble Phantasm, it would likely only hold them back temporarily. It wouldn't defeat the Demonic Beast Goddess. This kind of battle... it's meaningless." 」
A sense of despair began to spread. It turned out the seventh and final Singularity was this terrifying.
It also exposed a major flaw in the combination of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash: a lack of decisive offensive power.
Mash belonged to the Shielder Class; her greatest strength was defense. As long as she deployed her Noble Phantasm, she could establish an almost absolute fortress. As long as her will didn't waver, that defense would not break.
However, defense alone meant nothing. They still needed an equivalent attack—a finishing blow.
"Boom—"
At that moment, while the Demonic Beast army seemed unstoppable, a gargantuan figure appeared on the battlefield.
A purple goddess with a human body, the tail of a snake, and wings on her back emerged.
With her appearance, despair spread across the battlefield like a plague.
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