[Comprehensive] King's Best Friend

When Mayne woke up from the dream, it was already the morning of the next day... No, it was probably almost noon.

The sun hangs broadly in the sky, casting a fiery luminosity, illuminating the empty wilderness.

The stumps that were still burning last night have already extinguished the spark.Only the scorched torso was left behind, standing alone on the ground, looking inexplicably stubborn.

Almost at the moment when Mayne opened his eyes, the chain that was hanging on the branch in boredom flew over immediately.

Afterwards, Jin Gu's unknowingly raised voice came from inside, with a bit of annoyance: "Amazing! I finally woke up! You can't wake up even after falling asleep. Are you in the right place? Consciousness in the wilderness that can be attacked by monsters at any time!"

Mayne calmed down, with a long-sleeping trance still remaining on his face, and sighed without sincerity: "So it's been so long?"

The chain looked at the other party's heartless appearance, and the spiked tail immediately bent into a twisted shape, twitching, probably choking on anger.

Mayne glanced over indifferently, raised his eyes and glanced around, and found that there were several huge monster corpses lying not far away—they were not there when he fell asleep last night.

The marks of being pierced still remained on the bodies of those monsters, and the dried blood lay on the ground.The strong smell of blood floated in the air, proving that they should have died not long ago and were still very fresh.

Mayne withdrew his gaze, turned to the chain floating in front of his eyes, calmly but firmly said: "You did it."

Jin Gu: "...Hmph, they are just some stupid fools who are dominated by instinct."

After finishing speaking, the chain felt even more aggrieved inexplicably, walked aside in frustration, and hung it on the treetop resolutely—began to shut himself off.

"...Listen, even if I don't do it, they will be killed by you who woke up. Since this is destined to be the result, why not let me do it, and save trouble, right?"

The chain in autism groaned for a while, and couldn't help emphasizing: "So don't get me wrong, I'm not saving you, absolutely not!"

Mayne raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, changed his posture and propped up his chin lazily, with an interesting look on his face: "I thought you would run away while I was asleep, instead of obediently watching the night here?"

"...Wha! Running away or something, I'm not the kind of loser who doesn't care! Even if I want to leave, it will be after defeating you!"

The chain shook like a convulsion, and one could almost imagine the appearance of Jin Gu jumping inside: "There is still a vigil, what vigil?! How could I be vigilant! I just can't bear you being eaten by those brainless monsters, wouldn't that be It seems that - I, who was caught by you, is worse than those monsters?!"

Mayne narrowed his eyes, and said suddenly: "It's really not frank."

Jin Gu: "...what do you mean?"

Mayne: "I'm complimenting you."

Jin Gu gave a strange pause when he heard the words, and after a while he said in a vicious voice: "Even if you please me, it's useless, when I regain my freedom, I will definitely..."

Mayne: "Must kill me?"

Jin Gu: "Well, that's not... no, no - that's right, I'm going to kill you..."

Mayne got up slowly, and unhurriedly took the chain on the treetop.

But at this moment, the other party was still babbling about "kill you" like self-hypnosis, so that he didn't resist at all.

Mayne stroked the chain in his hand, and while setting off for Uruk, he thought leisurely——

It's really annoying to have a weapon that doesn't agree with what you say. Sure enough, it's better to find time to teach it... After all, he prefers straightforward children.

Jin Gu, who was still rambling, stopped suddenly, and trembled all over: "...what's going on, just now... there seems to be murderous intent?"

Mayne looked as usual, and said lightly: "Your illusion."

Jin Gu: "But..."

Mayne: "Hey, don't make trouble." Otherwise, I'll let you be frank.

Jin Gu: "..."

Suddenly a little scared...?

...hold tight to yourself.

……

It is not too close from Nippur to Uruk, and according to the information provided by Jin Gu, the fastest waterway that can be reached directly has now been occupied by the Three Goddess Alliance.

This also meant that Mayne, who didn't want to expose himself yet, had to take a long detour.

——The efficiency is indeed too low.

It would be nice if Mayne had a flying Noble Phantasm - something like Gilgamesh's Vimana, or the King of Conquerors' Kamui Wheel.

Just as he was thinking this way, a huge magic power suddenly whizzed through the sky at a height of [-] meters.

It was like a mass of high-intensity light source, even in this era of high-magic gods, it exudes a sense of existence that is hard to ignore.

Mayne raised his head, and the heroic spirit's excellent eyesight was enough for him to penetrate the thin clouds and catch that thing in an instant——

It was a huge bow.

It is shaped like a crescent moon.With dark blue as the background color, complex and delicate patterns are painted on it with gold.

Although it looks like a heavyweight guy, it is incredibly light when it cuts through the sky.

Of course, it wasn't the bow that caught Mayne's attention the most, but the person riding on it.

Although the appearance of the other party has changed for some reason, but judging from his unique, arrogant and undisguised divine power, there is nothing wrong——

That's Ishtar.

It is the goddess in charge of beauty and harvest, as well as war, and at the same time——the fuse that contributed to Enkidu's death, or it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the culprit.

After all, it was she at the beginning. Because of the rejection of Gilgamesh's marriage proposal, she became angry and released the bull of heaven that ravaged Uruk.

And Enkidu was punished by God for killing the bull of heaven, and was weakened to death.

Probably because Mayne's gaze stayed on the sky for a long time, Jin Gu, who was originally in a state of autism, connected to the outside world a little bit awkwardly, and immediately perceived the highly recognizable divinity.

"... Ishtar? I saw her in the Northern Territory last time, but now she came here again."

Although you can't see Jin Gu's expression, you can imagine that he must be frowning: "As expected, he is the most unreliable member of the Three Goddess Alliance, and he acts completely out of order."

"It was a mind blowing decision to make Ishtar a member of that alliance."

Mayne's tone was unusually cold, it would be better to say that he had no warmth at all: "Protecting my opponents and beating my teammates hard—this is what that guy is best at."

"I'm really happy. You have found such a 'good helper'. I think I can completely re-evaluate the combat power of the Three Goddess Alliance."

Jin Gu: "..."

This is the first time Jin Gu heard Mayne speak like this.Compared with Mayne's usual almost straightforward expressions, these few sentences are full of sarcasm and full marks for ridicule.

"You, do you hate her?" Jin Gu asked after hesitating.

Mayne smiled slightly: "Eh? How could it be, at most it's the level of stepping on two feet. Don't you think it's a waste of money to bet on that goddess with the feeling of 'hate'?"

Jin Gu: ... To be honest, it's very easy for you to laugh at me like this.

The golden chain was wrapped around Mayne's arm as if he was pretending to be dead, and he didn't intend to answer the words at all.

Mayne didn't mind, rather, he was in a very good mood now.

The silver-haired heroic spirit raised his head, looked at the trajectory of the divine bow, squinted his eyes and said to himself: "Anyway, Ishtar has been helped a lot, and this is a very timely ride."

The divine bow is not only Ishtar's treasure, but also part of the bow of the "Tianzhou Maana". Although it is only a part, it is more than enough to carry a single person.

——Are there any doubts about what to do now?

——No need at all!

Mayne shook off the sky lock with one hand.The chains that were originally crowded together stretched out in an instant, twisting into gorgeous gilt strands in the air.

"start working."

The moment the voice fell, the Sky Lock followed Mayne's intention and rushed towards the sky suddenly.

The golden chains stretched infinitely towards the sky, like retrograde and staggered meteors, chasing and shuttling among the clouds, reaching the frontmost sky boat like a dragon and snake.

According to the anti-divinity of the sky lock, Ishtar, the oldest drag racing king, overturned without any suspense.

Before he even had time to exclaim, the huge pulling force from behind instantly pulled Ishtar down from the sky with his divine bow—in a literal sense, he was dragged back.

"What? What's going on?! Fly up, Maanna!"

Seeing that he was about to hit the ground, Ishtar turned his head in a panic. When he saw the golden chain wrapped around the bow tail, his eyes widened to the extreme: "Eh? This is not..."

"boom!"

There was a loud bang and a puff of smoke.

What Ishtar hadn't said yet was covered by screams and loud noises.

Of course, as a high-level goddess, it is impossible for Ishtar to be thrown to death like this. At best, it would be embarrassing gaffes and pain... and maybe a sudden outburst of anger.

"Are you all right?"

Ishtar was holding back his anger and was about to explode when he suddenly heard such a voice.

After the smoke cleared, a young man with silver hair and purple eyes appeared in front of Ishtar, and the words just now undoubtedly came from this young man.

——The strange face is a guy I have never seen before, but why... I always feel that it feels very familiar to her?

Ishtar looked at the other party, with an inexplicable sense of repulsion and disobedience, which made her frown unconsciously, and habitually put on a proud look: "I don't look like I'm okay... What a pity, since I have seen my gaffe, I can't simply forgive you!"

However, as if he didn't hear her words at all, the young man went straight to the divine bow that was left on the ground, lowered his head to inspect it, nodded in satisfaction and said: "It seems that it is not broken."

"...Hey, you bastard, you are not allowed to touch my bow casually."

Ishtar raised his voice in disbelief, not knowing whether he was shocked by the other party's actions or ignoring her.

Her crimson eyes turned golden in an instant, and she said aggressively: "Also, what does it mean that it was not broken? This is my Ishtar's treasure. How dare you question its quality? Believe it or not, I blasted the stars down ?!"

The young man didn't answer, he sighed softly, and looked at Ishtar with almost deliberate pity: "There must be a limit to slowness, goddess Ishtar. It seems that after all these years, you still have no sense. Long Jin, there is nothing in his mind but rubbish."

"...Wait, wait, this tone of voice, this look of contempt, this annoying feeling——"

Ishtar blinked, raised his hand and shook: "You, you can't be... No, no, no, that guy should be dead already!"

As if thinking of some terrible guess, Ishtar took a step back and leaned close to the crashed Tianzhou, looking like he wanted to run away immediately: "I don't understand the meaning, I can't understand it! I will show mercy to that one." Forgive me, I'm leaving!... You can't stop me, absolutely, you can't stop me, okay?"

It is obviously an escape that he does not want to face, but he is brave enough to be justified.The only one who can do this is the goddess in front of Uruk.

"You don't seem to have figured out the status quo, Ishtar."

When Mayne raised his hand, the chain that was still wrapped around the end of the sky boat made a "crack" sound as it was twisted tightly.

Ishtar finally noticed the Sky Lock, which had been forgotten for a while, and she stiffened slightly, with two drops of cold sweat dripping from her forehead: "...Eh?"

2 minutes later--

The crashed Tianzhou came again, and the old driver's racing momentum remained undiminished.

Only this time, sitting on the sky boat was a young man with silver hair and purple eyes. As for the original goddess——

She hangs on the bow.