Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

Welcome back, splendid heroes!

And you, shameless goddess who came back with them!

Tell me how it feels to have joined my army.

Nobody joined your army, you idiot!

I've simply entered into a business partnership with that Master over there!

Just you wait! I'll bring this one back to life...

...even if he dies or explodes until he's an amazing Master!

And you'll be screaming,

"Oh, Ishtar! You truly are the goddess of victory! Guess I'll have to kill myself!"

I'm not going to die, you fool!

What? I knew I shouldn't have come!

Please, both of you, stop.

The patron deity appears before us. There is no greater honor.

Let us forget about the damage report from the ranchers.

It looks like Ishtar isn't able to push Siduri around, as she is a devout believer.

Now, we will deal with rehabilitating you later.

The issue at hand is the three goddesses.

Ishtar has given in, but the true nature of my plan is elsewhere.

The divine tool of the god Marduk who ripped open Tiamat's throat...

"The Axe of Marduk."

This is the biggest secret plan we have against Gorgon!

The throat of the goddess Tiamat?

That might work against Gorgon, as well, as she has gained Tiamat's Authority!

Yes. That axe will be the key to defeating Gorgon!

The axe is still kept within Eridu.

Eridu.

The first city in Sumerian mythology where the divine right to rule was given.

I see, the jungle to the south, beyond Ur...

--That place. --Yep.

So, how about it, Ishtar?

I bet you know who the Goddess of the Jungle really is.

It can't be something like a jaguar!

No, she is different.

That's also a Divine Spirit, but it's only a secondary one.

Next time, I'm skinning it for its pelt.

Good.

Yep. To be honest, if she were one of the three goddesses,

I have no idea how we'd deal with her!

Well, I guess I could tell you that.

The goddess that holds dominion over the south is the "Winged Snake."

A fellow goddess of Venus, and the great bird of the Sun.

The wind of Mesoamerica.

Quetzalcoatl.

Quetzalcoatl...

The conquering King of the Mayans? The Toltec Sun God?

That's demiurge caliber!

She might be even more powerful than Gorgon!

Quetzalcoatl...

With human history incinerated, I can't see the future of this Mesoamerica you talk about.

Doctor Roman, gather information on this goddess!

I report an urgent message from the south gate of Uruk!

The south gate...

...has been destroyed!

They say it's a single enemy!

A woman calling herself "Quetzalcoatl" has destroyed the gate with her bare hands,

and she entered Uruk!

She's heading straight for the ziggurat!

Okay!

Uno, dos, tres!

She's coming!

Spearmen, form up in three rows!

Get out of here! Hurry!

We'll take care of the rest!

Y-Yeah!

Wow! Qué técnica! I'll give you forty points, yes!

Are you my next opponents? You've got some pep!

She scares me, Master.

She can laugh like that,

yet she isn't hesitating to kill!

Master?

Oh, are you guys Servants?

Then, is that cutie over there the Master from elsewhere?

Indeed.

That's Fujimaru, the Master from Chaldea.

I know it's late, but I'd like to confirm.

Are you Quetzalcoatl from the Three Goddess Alliance?

Sí! I'm the big sister who came all the way from Mesoamerica to destroy Uruk a little, yes!

Why are you doing this?

Um...

W-Well,

Mr. Master, when you stare at me like that,

that hits all my buttons! So much so, you deserve a penalty!

If Fujimaru will marry me,

I don't mind being on your side!

Ma...

Marry?

This goddess is weirder than anything I could imagine!

The story is getting complicated now!

Ay no.

After all, that would be a bit childish.

Now,

why destroy Uruk?

It's because we were called over by Mother to kill humans.

But how I do so is up to me.

--Up to you... --Mother?

So,

I decided to kill them one by one,

and that's how I'll destroy humanity, yes!

Relax! See, I'm going back soon, yes! I only fight one hundred people a day!

Any more than that, and I start forgetting my opponents!

So, everyone, adiós!

I'll be back tomorrow at dawn to kill another one hundred of you!

And so, she's gone.

That ludicrous hooded guise...

Jeez! Kuku works jaguars so hard!

J-Jaguar War...

Ana?

Hey, guys!

It's been a while!

But I'm kinda busy right now, so just leave me some voicemail!

S-Senpai! I-In any case, we have to stop this obvious kidnapping!

Whoa!

Stop and leave the goods? I will not, no!

That's not how the world works. Reality is harsh, you know.

Kuku... Quetzalcoatl is ruthless! She never holds back when she punches me!

Do you think she'd forget to assign bodyguards for a mission this important?

I guess she did forget!

I-I see.

So, the forest furriends I cherry-picked will protect me!

To me, my great Jaguar Underlings!

Look at these sturdy Jaguar Underlings!

Boys and girls,

we're not letting you sleep tonight!

I'll leave the rest to mew guys!

Well, this is an altogether new problem.

To think Quetzalcoatl would come barging in herself...

What a nuisance! If she keeps tearing up the city,

that'll affect morale on the Demonic Front!

The craftsmen and soldiers have left the southern market.

At this rate, the king's little side project will...

Side project?

King Gilgamesh, are you making something?

--No? --So obvious!

Hey, Ishtar! She's one of yours!

Make yourself useful! Do something about her!

Hey, she's not one of mine!

Well, there's no denying that she's a nuisance.

Like the way she picks fights with humans one by one.

She said she'd be back tomorrow.

Exactly one hundred soldiers fell victim.

The corpses were carried off,

so we can't even bury them.

Senpai, what do you think?

Even if we wanted to fight, we're no match for her.

Don't you have a plan of some sort, Dr. Roman?

Huh?

You're really asking me? You guys have Merlin over there!

Use that clairvoyance or whatever,

and take a peek at what Quetzalcoatl is doing!

I'd really like to do that,

but she'll definitely pick up on it if I observe her.

And as many a myth has shown,

goddesses don't respond well to being peeked on.

Yeah, she'd kill them!

She'd use all her Authority to blast the peeper's location with her Noble Phantasm.

See? It's still too early to piss off a goddess.

Besides, I'm using my Magical Energy for other things right now.

Just as I thought. I was just talking with Roman that things were a bit off.

Yeah. No wonder why it felt like you were falling behind, Merlin.

You'd already done everything you could.

I'm glad you're quick to understand.

So, Romani Archaman,

what's your proposal?

To be blunt, our only option is infiltration.

Infiltration!

Do you mean we strike her home base?

But where...

I have a good idea where that is, too.

Her base is likely located

in a temple dedicated to her worship that was built somewhere.

She isn't a goddess affiliated with this land,

but she's shown overwhelming power before us.

I can only think of a temple being built somewhere as the reason behind it.

Actually the other day, when Fujimaru went to investigate Ur,

there was a particularly strong Magical Energy response coming from the south.

Then, the temple is there?

Indeed.

Furthermore, we assume it's the city of Eridu, the city King Gilgamesh was talking about.

Right. And to establish a temple,

you need a symbol that represents the deity.

So, destroy the symbol, remove the temple's power,

and diminish Quetzalcoatl's Divinity.

Exactly.

After that, if we face Quetzalcoatl, there's at least a small chance of victory.

I guess it's settled, then!

Fujimaru, I have a new mission for you!

I authorize the second stage of our goddess extermination plan!

Go through the jungle and head to Eridu!

There, defeat Quetzalcoatl...

...and also recover the divine tool stored in Eridu! The Axe of Marduk!

Mash...

Is something wrong?