The massive explosion caused the entire Mount Ebih to shake, and a trail of stone shards fell from around Ishtar's palace to Wu Ming, Gudako, and Mashu.
"What sound?!"
Both Gudako and Mashu looked at the place where the explosion was heard.
"Perhaps Ishtar released a Noble Phantasm."
Sensing the rapid shrinkage of the magic power in Ishtar's body through the contract, Wu Ming guessed that Ishtar might have unleashed a Noble Phantasm.
"Vero senpai, how did you know that a Demon Beast would appear here?" Mashu is confused.
This was an area with continuous mountains, so there was no way for Demon Beasts to enter from here.
"I captured Ullidim, one of the Demon Beast commanders, and Merlin obtained intelligence in Ullidim's mind through illusions, and we learned that Demon Beasts will come from mountainous areas in the southwest, near the Persian Gulf, and mountains in the northeast.*
Soon after, Wu Ming told the two about his plan.
The reason Wu Ming brought Gudako and Mashu here to look for Ishtar, apart from wanting to bring Ishtar's fighting power into the team, the fact that Demon Beasts would be lining up here was also the reason for coming here.
He had already killed Ulidim, the Demon Beast Commander who was about to attack from the southwest mountainous area. In addition, there is Quetzalcoatl to the south. For the southwest, Wu Ming can relax, but in the mountainous area of the northeast, there is nothing to hold back.
So Wu Ming thought of Ishtar, who was still acting as the sole Servant.
Not only can Ishtar be recruited, but also the Demon Beasts that line up from here can be severely attacked, that is, killing two birds with one stone.
The reason why Wu Ming changed his mind to use force against Ishtar completely was because the spiritual power sensed the arrival of a large number of Demon Beasts, and the reason why Merlin gave Wu Ming's affirmation of the "arrival of Demon Beasts" was because Merlin had arranged Magecraft around to detect Demon Beast attacks.
To ask when it was arranged, surely it was time for Wu Ming to take Gudako and Mashu directly to Ishtar palace.
The reason why Merlin wasn't brought, on the one hand, was the reason why Wu Ming couldn't bring the three people, and the other reason was because Merlin was going to prepare a detection Magecraft.
Although Merlin often complained about biting his tongue when he cast spells, he was a Magus, so he could do it.
Since the Demon Beast had arrived earlier than the two of them expected, and currently Ishtar's matter had not been dealt with, Merlin went to temporarily block the Demon Beast with an illusion.
Therefore, after Ishtar signed the contract by Wu Ming, Wu Ming immediately asked Ishtar to go support Merlin, Ishtar used Noble Phantasm directly.
Because of Ishtar's departure, there is no one here, and there is no aura of life, and there is no need to consider whether it will affect innocent people, so Ishtar can release Noble Phantasm without worry.
Moreover, even if the Demon Beast Commander cannot be killed, the other mass-produced Demon Beasts will definitely be killed.
"Let's go, Ritsu, Mashu, it's about time we clean up the Demon Beast commander."
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Although the entire northeastern part of Mesopotamia is full of mountains, there is rarely a small barren plain between the mountains and the north side.
There were no obstacles to the south of this plain, and it could be directly connected to Uruk, but since there were mountains to the east, north and west of this plain, it was not included in the scope of the northern wall. The northern wall ends next to the mountains to the west of this plain.
It makes sense that there is no need to worry about the existence of mountains, because Demon Beasts cannot climb mountains.
But ever since the raid on Uruk by the Demon Beast commander, Gilgamesh had built a defensive barrier around here. After all, no one knows whether the Demon Beast commander will have more ways that humans have never seen.
Although the temporarily designed barrier's strength could not be compared to the Northern Wall, it was only used to delay time.
This is a plain, if a magical Demon Beast really crosses the mountain and comes here, the soldiers on the defensive wall here will be able to catch a glimpse of it. After that, they will be temporarily blocked by the barrier here, and will report to Uruk side by side.
As it is not far from Uruk, it is also convenient for making announcements, or sending troops to increase troop numbers.
However, there was never a trace of a Demon Beast here, perhaps the Demon Beast was completely blocked by the mountains.
But even so, Gilgamesh would not let his guard down, it was because of such recklessness that the Demon Beast commander attacked Uruk from the ground that night, killing a third of the population.
Once there are many Demon Beasts here, the situation will definitely be bad. After all, it is very close to Uruk. If the Demon Beasts came from here, all of Mesopotamia could be destroyed.
After all, the Demon Beasts gathering together weren't terrible, what was scary was that the Demon Beasts that broke through would spread out and slaughter the humans on the ground behind the northern wall.
So just in case, Gilgamesh also sent the two Servants who had survived the last beheading operation here.
A girl wearing an ancient Japanese style armor that was slightly exposed walked up to the temporary wall of the defensive fort.
A katana hung from her waist, her long hair was tied at the left side to form a bun-like hairstyle, and then fell to her waist in a single left ponytail, which looked quite pretty.
This person is Rider, the only surviving Servant, real name Ushiwakamaru.
As usual, she needed to check the situation of the soldiers, and check if any Demon Beasts were attacking.
"Lord Ushiwakamaru, you are here to check again." The soldiers were used to it, but they respected the strong man that King Gilgamesh summoned.
The girl was strong in martial arts, and she was friendly and treated the soldiers equally, and won the respect of the soldiers.
"Demon Beasts can't come to the mountains, and we are here, so you can rest assured." A soldier patted his chest with an oath.
Several soldiers next to him also nodded in agreement.
In response, Ushiwakamaru shook his head with a smile.
"A defeated general only wants to do what the king orders to atone for his mistakes. Of course, I have to take it seriously."
"Ushiwakamaru-sama said very well, but everything is poor monk's fault, everything is poor monk's fault, and this poor monk should be punished twice."
A strong man like a monk with a large number of weapons on his back and a naginata sword followed behind Ushiwakamaru.
This person was Lancer, one of the two surviving Servants, whose real name was Musashibo Benkei.