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Artoria and Bagst quickly stepped in front to prevent Lanling Wang and the others from launching a sneak attack.

"What exactly happened, Melusin?" Bagst asked without turning his head. "You're not—"

“My opponent is a genuine Olympian god… a being of a higher order than me.” Melusin was also unwilling, but had to admit this fact.

Even the dragons of Albion cannot compare to these true gods.

Moreover, she was still in the form of a fairy, not a dragon, so the fact that she could entangle with three Valkyries for so long was already a remarkable achievement.

"Where are the Valkyries?" Artoria asked with concern.

"It has been recovered by Storm Border."

Melusin broke free of the exoskeleton, slowly stood up, and raised the sword in her hand.

Slud was the first to fall. In order to protect her sisters, she took a blow from Demeter and fell onto Drake's ship.

Next, Otlind and Hilde attempted to fight back, but this exposed an even greater weakness, causing them to fall one after another.

Chaldea, having become aware of the sky's condition due to Otrind's fall, had Sakura and the others on deck retrieve the other two Valkyries and bring them back aboard for treatment.

Melishin was almost stripped of her fighting ability, but fortunately Shiomi gave her a blessing called "God's Forbidden Fire".

Thinking of this, Melusin felt incredibly fortunate.

While they were cleaning up the situation, Demeter had already descended from the sky.

“I don’t want to kill you here. If you surrender now and accept my Cllonomia, you will have a chance to survive.” She pointed her scythe at Melusin and the others.

“I refuse.” Artoria pointed her holy lance at Demeter. “They, too, will never accept the control of any god!”

Grey and the others nodded in agreement, indicating that Artoria was right.

"Is that so? Then—"

Upon hearing such a resolute rejection, Demeter could only show a hint of sadness on her face, her voice trembling slightly.

The magical reaction within her quickly became stronger.

It is a Noble Phantasm.

A divine artifact.

Just like Artemis's Arrow, Demeter also has her own Noble Phantasm.

Artoria's pupils contracted sharply. As she gestured for the others to step back, she raised the Holy Lance in her hand.

"Thirteen restrictions lifted! Roundtable resolution, open—"

Just as the light on the Holy Lance was about to blaze, another voice slowly rang out, stopping her from doing so and interrupting Demeter's unleashing of her Noble Phantasm.

"Don't rush, Artoria, you don't need to fight the Goddess of Fertility here."

As she spoke, tide Jian descended from the sky and stood beside her.

"Teacher!" "Lord Tianxi!"

"So you've come after all." Hinako Akuta said to Shiomi, "That attack that just shot down Artemis, wasn't it you who unleashed it?"

Shiomi nodded: "It's been a long time, Miss Akuta. My wife has been wanting to talk to you, her old friend, about books again. Would you please put down your weapon and come with me to see her?"

Throughout Chaldea, apart from Shiomi and other Masters of Group A, Morgan was the only one who was on good terms with her.

She was an elf, while the other was a fairy from paradise.

Human beings, and books, became the basis for communication between the two sides.

"..." Hinako Akuta was speechless for a moment.

However, Shio didn't press the matter further, because Demeter was still there.

"You even killed Artemis! What are you doing?" Demeter's eyes were filled with sorrow and helplessness. "Is killing another god your way to the throne?"

"No, this is just the way I chose to protect my comrades, to protect those irreplaceable people."

tide Jian responded, raised his hand, and a beam of light fell into his palm.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Appearance

It was neither magic nor a summoning artifact, but rather the light that had previously extinguished Artemis, which had returned to his hands.

"Declaration of the Great God".

"Now that we're on the battlefield, there's no room for further hesitation," tide Jian said, lightly waving her spear in front of her.

A gust of wind swept over the futilely drifting warship, causing even Xiang Yu behind Demeter to lose his footing, and Jie Chuzi and Lanling Wang had to seek his support.

“Indeed, all that’s left is to be enemies,” Demeter murmured.

“It’s not that we can only be enemies. If you choose to assist Chaldea now, you can avoid unnecessary fighting.” Shiomi extended her hand, expressing her willingness to persuade them to surrender.

"This matter..." Demeter's brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed again, her smile appearing more ruthless. "Absolutely not. A wicked child who has committed the sin of murdering a god must be punished by me accordingly."

tide understood and stopped talking nonsense. He turned his head slightly and whispered to Artoria.

“Take them to the island. Master is still at the temple holding Aphrodite back. Orion is the only helper,” Shio said.

“You plan to go alone—” Artoria was about to retort.

“I’m not fighting alone.” Shiomi’s gun drew a beautiful arc in front of her. “Everyone is here.”

Storm Border and Drake's warships have both arrived nearby.

The long battle had left everyone somewhat exhausted, but this victory had invigorated them.

“It is truly tragic…” Demeter raised her scythe and said slowly, “Tragedy is death, and death is the end.”

As she finished speaking, the sickle was swung seemingly casually, but a warning bell rang in Melusin's mind.

That was the blow Demeter struck, knocking her down from the sky.

Absolute power, the divine might of the goddess of abundance.

"go quickly!"

Shiomi raised her gun to block the attack and then asked them for help.

At this moment, the veil-blocking weaponry was activated again, and together with Drake's warship, it aimed at the ship where Demeter and the others were standing.

Without further hesitation, Artoria and Gray immediately disembarked from the warship one after the other, with Melosin and Bagst following closely behind.

Once there were no more companions standing behind her, Shiojian forcefully swung her arm, deflecting Demeter's attack, and charged forward.

Lanling Wang and Xiang Yu tried to stop them, to provide cover for Demete, but neither side could withstand tide Jian's spear strike and were forced back.

The sickle of harvest and the divine spear of certain victory collided on this ship that could sink at any moment. Each strike generated a huge shockwave, leaving no room for anyone else in the vicinity.

Hinako and the others immediately chose to move away, creating distance and leaving the battlefield to Demeter.

Chaldea detected their retreat and immediately launched a pursuit, forcing them to run among the remaining warships and wreckage in an attempt to create distance. However, they were no match for the rapid coverage of the Spirit Vein Blocking Armor and were cut off from their path, unable to rendezvous with Peperoncino.

Shiomi glanced at Akuta and the others, then stopped paying attention and focused on fighting Demeter.

As he held up his gun, struggling against the sickle hooked around it, he said:

"As a goddess of abundance, you're quite skilled in combat!"

"Fighting is the duty of the gods, even those who are not in charge of fighting." Demeter's tone was majestic, displaying the aura of a goddess.

That being said, Demeter was not a master of close combat, yet she was still so difficult to deal with. This was partly because she was a living god, possessing power that heroic spirits and humans could not match, and partly because of her authority as the goddess of the earth.

In terms of martial arts alone, Demeter was no match for Shiomi. However, no matter how many times Shiomi broke through her defenses, she was unable to accumulate injuries and put the goddess at a disadvantage.

In terms of regeneration and self-repair alone, Demeter and the present-day Shiomi are almost equal.

"The recovery was so fast..."

As they created some distance, tide Jian couldn't help but mutter something to herself.

He began to understand his other adversaries to some extent.

"That's only natural; there's no difference between you and me in that respect. As long as this power remains, I won't let you break through!"

Demeter's eyebrows shot up, and her voice was stern and resolute.

She raised her scythe high, and a vibrant green light shone and spread...

Everything in sight was being destroyed. The warship, already teetering on the brink of collapse, finally succumbed to wave after wave of attacks and could no longer serve as a battlefield, and began to sink into the sea.

The change of landing point will not affect the fierce battle between Shiomi and Demeter.

Morgan watched the battle through the monitor on the bridge of the Storm Border. She wanted to leave and go help Shiomi, but without her, the Storm Border would become a moving target without any firepower.

Aozaki Touko's automatons have been almost completely destroyed in the battle, and the backup automatons cannot be put into use immediately.

"Leave the ship's defenses to Nemo and the others for now; I'm going to support her."

Skadi's voice came through the communication system.

Storm Border itself has defensive capabilities, but compared to Skadi's barrier, it is almost negligible.

But with the enemy ships basically annihilated, there was no need for her to continue maintaining order.

“But Ms. Skadi, your magic—” Olga Marie said.

“There’s still plenty.” Skadi smiled confidently.

Morgan's lips curled slightly: "Then go ahead, just don't interfere with my husband's battle."

But just as Skadi was about to go into action, Munir, who was in charge of communications, cried out that something was wrong.

"Space-time tremors confirmed 50 meters directly in front of Storm Border!"

"This reaction... is it a Command Seal?!" Romani immediately began to analyze the situation.

"It's astonishing how troublesome it has become, Chaldea."

A voice, both strange and familiar to Olga Marie and Romani, the old Chaldean employees, rang out.

“That voice is—” Olga Marie exclaimed in surprise.

"Even with the help of two goddesses, we still couldn't win. Not only that, but we also lost the important Artemis... I'm very sorry, but we can't let you continue any further, Chaldea."

The azure sky changed color in that instant, and after the dazzling light, the boundless aurora covered the vast airspace above Hecate Island.

Appearing in this light, floating in the air, was none other than the captain of Group A, the leader of the Hidden Ones.

Kirshtalia Wodim.

The man who shoulders this Lostbelt.

Taking the opportunity to distance herself from Demeter, Shiomi leaped up and landed back on StormBorder, standing in front of Sakura and the others on the deck, facing Kirshtalia head-on.

Both of them wore confident smiles.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Kirshtalia Wodim

"It's been a long time since I last greeted you. How have you been, Teacher Shiomi?"

Hovering in the sky, Kirshtalia gracefully greeted Shiomi, who was looking at him.

Although they had never interacted as teacher and student, Kirshtalia maintained the respect due to Shiomi.

In the world of magicians, it's not just about bloodline, but also about skill.

"You're too kind, I'm perfectly fine." tide Jian leaned on her gun. "But I thought you would stay in the rear and watch from afar in Olympus. I didn't expect you to come here in person."

Kirshtalia smiled slightly: "I don't know what happened to my teacher in the Lostbelt in England, but after cutting off three Lostbelts in succession, he has now set his sights on me. Even if I wanted to sit still, I couldn't stay still forever."

"Oh?" tide Jian narrowed her eyes.

“I am Kirshtalia Wardem, the leader of the Hidden Ones and the Master entrusted with this Atlantic Lostbelt,” Kirshtalia continued. “Moreover, you not only annihilated Olympus’s massive fleet twice, driving my comrades to the brink of defeat, but also killed my Servants. So it is only natural that I abandon my post in the rear and come to the front lines.”

Shio raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh, you mean those twin Servants? I didn't kill them, my master did it. I was busy dealing with the alien apostles."

He shook his head as he spoke: "You really don't know how to choose people. Didn't the alien apostle and Katniss tell you that my master is the ruler of the Shadow Kingdom, Queen Scáthach. Any servant who possesses a god or divinity should be avoided."

“Indeed, as the teacher said, it was my fault in scheduling.” Kirshtalia readily admitted her defeat. “But even if it were another Servant, they might not be able to defeat Shiomi-sensei.”

Then, he raised the scepter hidden under his left shoulder cloak, revealing it in his hand.

It is both a scepter and a magic wand; it is a magician's ceremonial attire.

As the young head of the Wodim family, Kirshtalia's formal attire is undoubtedly of the highest quality.

"Alright, the greetings are over. We can't waste any more time. I'm not going to exchange opinions with you; I just intend to settle things here. I will be your opponent, and in the meantime, the goddesses will annihilate your companions."

“A good plan, I hope it goes as you wish.” Shiomi laughed mockingly. “But before we take action, I’d like to confirm one more thing.”