Arknights' Lock of Heaven

She originally thought that given Jingu's attitude, he would probably agree reluctantly.

After all, if you really wanted to destroy humanity, would you need to go through all this trouble? You could just grab yourself and throw yourself in front of Gorgon, wouldn't that be enough?

She understands this person less and less now.

Meanwhile, Xia Yu's side...

Oh, why did you have to come at this crucial moment, right when Gorgon was completely unable to contain himself... You're just asking for trouble and now you're blaming me?

Gorgon is not a lazy person. She was already quite annoyed by his attempts to keep her away. Some time ago, she ran to the city walls without warning, and Leonidas revealed her true name at the cost of his life.

And Ushiwakamaru got caught up in it too.

If it weren't for my reasoning that these humans were nothing to fear, and that I had to deal with the other two goddesses, and that it was best not to attack Uruk before the second generation of magical beasts was born, which persuaded her to turn back, Gorgon would probably be buried with grass two feet tall by now.

Meanwhile, the grass on the graves of the Uruk dynasty was not much lower.

Gorgon died, and Tiamat awoke...

It's not the right time yet.

Let's at least wait until Ereshkigal finishes her work underground, otherwise we'll all die together.

Unfortunately, the matter of Tiamat cannot be revealed, a fact Merlin hinted at to himself.

Look at Merlin, he was in the Chaldea camp but he didn't say anything, and in the end he could only suffer all the way from Britain to Mesopotamia!

But he won't say the crucial thing, or why he can't say it...

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

Most importantly, Gorgon has begun to doubt himself.

Therefore, Xia Yu had no choice but to play along.

“Now, you have two choices,” Xia Yu said, looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka. “Either you surrender and obediently come back to the Blood Temple with us.”

“Either Quetzalcoatl breaks his oath and sends you away at the cost of his life,” he turned to Gorgon, “a perfect plan, isn’t it? Whether it’s the Chaldea Master or the destruction of a pillar goddess, we won’t lose out.”

In the original story, the reason why Quetzalcoatl only lost half of her divinity after breaking her oath was because she did it on purpose; she was simply tricked by Mei Liangxin.

Hearing this, Gorgon nodded in satisfaction. "Choose, insects."

Her voice was full of joy.

"Is this your plan, Kingu? Was your previous conversation with the Chaldea Master also about this?"

“Of course,” Xia Yu said calmly. “Chaldea is nothing to fear, but if we can use them to lure a goddess, we’ll make a fortune, just like we are now.”

lie!

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Xia Yu and made a judgment in her mind.

On the surface, the current situation is indeed not optimistic.

With Ishtar held back by Kingu, the surrounding monsters gradually surged forward. Quetzalcoatl had no choice but to sacrifice herself to clear a bloody path or watch helplessly as she died.

But, but...

I wasn't completely unprepared!

All eyes turned to Merlin, who remained silent behind them.

"Alright, alright, it's time for big brother Avalon to show off his skills again," Merlin said with a helpless expression. "I told you a long time ago, don't come, don't come, but you wouldn't believe me..."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?" Fujimaru Ritsuka clasped her hands together and blinked. "Hehe, Merlin, it's up to you now!"

Why would Xia Yu be so confident in setting up such a trap without fear of Chaldea collapsing?

Of course, it's because Merlin is on the other side!

The old coin sensed my attitude the very first day he rescued Fujimaru Ritsuka from me; his sense of smell was in no way inferior to Fujimaru Ritsuka's.

After several attempts, the two reached a certain understanding.

Xia Yu knew that Merlin would never let Gorgon die like that.

The fact that Anna is not in the team now is probably because of him.

Otherwise, if Anna had decided to join in, he wouldn't have been able to say no when everyone wanted to kill Gorgon!

Seeing that Anna wasn't there, Xia Yu felt relieved.

This old coin must have a backup plan!

It seems I don't need to worry about it.

Seeing Xia Yu's "I'm leaving it all to you" expression, Merlin felt utterly exhausted.

I've always been the one to screw over others, and now it's finally my turn to be screwed over.

With a tap of his staff, he used the same trick again, and Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mashu, and himself instantly turned into flower petals and disappeared.

Only Ishtar and Quetzalcoatl remained on the field, staring at each other in disbelief.

"At least leave Ishtar alive!" Xia Yu shouted, his chains snapping as he charged toward Ishtar.

It's just slightly off to the right.

So Ishtar instinctively dodged to the left... and to her left was Quetzalcoatl.

Seeing this, Gorgon could only move the fully charged beam cannon to the side, thus causing the surrounding towering trees to suffer.

She cannot attack Quetzalcoatl proactively.

Otherwise, she would be the one who suffers.

Upon seeing this, Quetzalcoatl's eyes lit up, and she immediately wrapped her arms around Ishtar's waist, who then activated Maana and leaped into the sky...

Xia Yu and Gorgon were left staring at each other.

"That wretched Merlin!" Xia Yu smacked the tree beside her as if to make a show of it. "No wonder he's King Arthur's teacher! He's so treacherous!"

"He must have seen through my plan long ago."

Upon seeing this, Gorgon took a deep breath.

So angry!

Really angry!

After finally managing to hold my head high, I never expected it to end like this, all bark and no bite...

boom!

Countless beams of light shot out from the snake-haired mouth behind her, leveling a vast primeval forest to the ground.

"When my second generation of magical beasts is fully conceived, it will be the end of Uruk!!!"

Seeing her helpless and furious state, Xia Yu felt very sorry for her.

It's not that I feel sorry for Gorgon, but I feel sorry for my own little house... it was completely destroyed by countless beam attacks...

"Damn Fujimaru Ritsuka, I'll remember this grudge!!!"

-

"Ah, it failed..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka lay on the grass like a salted fish, her eyes lifeless. "Why is that?"

"His attitude doesn't seem fake..."

"So, just let nature take its course," the doctor's helpless voice came from the light screen. "I don't understand why you care about him so much?"

"Would you rather take such a risk to continue contact?"

“Senior, we were indeed a bit reckless,” Mash said, bowing her head. “If it weren’t for Merlin, we probably would have…”

"Yes, yes, praise me more, big brother!" Merlin said proudly upon hearing this, "I've done a great service!"

“Why…” Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed, and said blankly, “Probably… he’s calling for help…”

"Huh?" Ishtar, who had just descended from the sky, was confused. "Who are you saying is calling for help?"

"Who else could it be? Jingu."

"No, that Kingu?" Ishtar said incredulously, "That Kingu who could fight Gilgamesh to a draw, who could exchange blows with Quetzalcoatl, and who almost killed us just now, is asking you for help?"

She walked over and grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka's head, looking it over from left to right. "Did you break your brain?"

“It’s not that I’m being targeted,” Fujimaru Ritsuka said, forcefully breaking free from her hands. “It’s just a feeling, a feeling.”

"I was pushed into this position against my will and forced to accept this mission," Fujimaru Ritsuka muttered, her eyes vacant, her head bowed. "That's just how it feels."

"I can't just ignore it."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

This is probably what empathy is all about.

So why isn't she?

It was just a blood donation that led to him being identified as a Master, and he ended up in Chaldea in a daze, escaped death in a daze, and took on the responsibility of saving the world in a daze.

Then began the constant struggle between life and death, with nerves on edge at all times.

Seeing this, Mash suddenly understood why her senior was chatting so happily with Kingu, who was clearly her enemy.