I, The Giant of the Imperial Palace, Travel Through the Heavens!

Walking on the stone path built in the air, you can feel the dark atmosphere of the underworld.

This kind of scene with only a little bit of soul light in the dark is really depressing.

"Senior Shirou just said that the gun cages around here are all souls?"

Following behind Emiya Shirou, Mash asked in a low voice.

"That's right, those are the souls of the dead on the ground. The souls locked in the gun cage by Ereshkigal can never escape."

"And those locked in these gun cages are all the souls that Ereshkigal likes. They can't gradually disappear like other souls. They will just be locked here and let her play until they get bored."

Before Emiya Shirou could speak, Ishtar had already explained clearly to Mash.

After all, if you want to ask who in the team knows the underworld best, it must be Ishtar.

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Shocked by this cruel reality, Matthew opened her lips and didn't know what to say.

"But this number is too much!"

Ishtar looked around at the gun cage and couldn't help frowning.

"This number has increased too much compared to before. Did it increase after the Three Goddess Alliance?"

"Does that guy want to build a kingdom of death? She was not such a cruel goddess before!"

"Who knows? No matter what happens to this goddess, we need to witness it ourselves."

Emiya Shirou's voice came faintly from the front, interrupting Ishtar's thinking.

"Here we are!"

Looking at the door in front of them, Emiya Shirou and the others stopped in their tracks.

"If you want to reach the palace where Ereshkigal is, you need to pass through seven such gates, right?"

Hearing Matthew's question, Ishtar nodded and said, "Exactly."

"Be careful, these doors are very dangerous. The gate of the underworld is a fair and ideal one that asks the soul about good and evil. It will ask an alternative question."

"And good and evil are equivalent, only the value of the human being who makes the choice will change, so no option is necessarily correct."

"Anyway, no matter how you choose, there will be annoying tests. You just choose the option that you think 'it's easier to choose this side'."

Listening to Ishtar's explanation, the corners of Emiya Shirou's mouth could not help but rise slightly.

Shirou Emiya knew that the questions this time were all about Ishtar, and they were all Ereshkigal's favorite words.

"I don't know if there is any difference from the inquiry in the original trajectory."

Recalling his communication with Ereshkigal, Emiya Shirou secretly thought in his heart.

"Answer, answer!"

"O living beings who have fallen into the underworld! Answer the way of existence of their souls!"

"here we go!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Ishtar became vigilant as if facing a big enemy.

Fujimaru Tachika and Matthew on the side were affected by her, and both swallowed nervously.

"Ask Shirou Emiya, the sinner!"

"What! You actually appointed someone to answer the question!"

Ishtar looked at Emiya Shirou's back in surprise, thinking constantly in his heart.

"These two guys must have an unknown relationship!"

On the other hand, Fujimaru Tachika and Mash immediately relaxed.

"If the right to choose is left to Senior Shirou, I will feel relieved!"

"Me too! Senior!"

Faced with the attention of Fujimaru Tatsuka and Mash, Emiya Shirou smiled and walked straight ahead to look at the door in front of him.

"Just ask!"

"Although the benchmarks of beauty are various, there are still absolutes. Black can win white, and earth can win the sky."

"In this case, who is more beautiful, Ereshkigal or Ishtar."

"Ereshkigal!"

"Quickly, why are you so unhesitating."

Ishtar, who was very unhappy with Emiya Shirou's answer, yelled loudly.

"Huh? Isn't this a matter of course? Isn't the answer to such a naive question obvious at a glance?"

"You can't fight all the way because you chose you?"

Shirou Emiya glanced at Ishtar and said calmly.

"Even if that's the case, you can't say anything against your will!"

Ishtar shouted frantically, holding his head.

"No, I didn't say anything against my will, that's just how I feel!"

After calmly saying the words that made Ishtar petrified, Emiya Shirou walked over the door.

"Miss Ishtar, are you alright?"

Looking at Ishtar who seemed to be petrified, Matthew asked cautiously.

The next moment, Ishtar, who recovered from his shock, quickly shouted to Emiya Shirou: "Wait, what do you mean you didn't say anything against your will!"

"Are you saying I'm not as good as that woman in Ereshkigal?"

Ishtar, who couldn't accept this answer, wanted to ask Emiya Shirou to make a calculation, but she noticed something strange as soon as she passed through the door.

"How is this going?"

Observing his own body, Ishtar quickly came to a conclusion.

"Is my body shrinking?"

Hearing Ishtar's scream, Emiya Shiro, Fujimaru Tateka and Mash who came over looked curiously at Ishtar, whose eyes were full of curiosity.

And at this moment, a ghostly voice came from everywhere.

"That's right, you have a deep understanding of your ignorance, Ishtar."

"You failed to descend to the underworld. As long as this mythical fact still exists, you will not be able to escape the curse of the underworld."

"Crown that symbolizes the wilderness, reed measuring stick, glass jewellery, beaded necklaces, gold bracelets, glamorous pectorals, and the final dame's dress."

"I took these seven treasures from you in the past, and this rule is still valid today. Since you have lost the power to correspond to the treasures, you can only bear the debt yourself."

"Understood? Every time you pass through a door, your body will become smaller. You will be deprived of one-seventh of your divinity every time."

"When you pass through the second gate, you will become a lower-level god. When you pass through the fourth gate, you will become an elf lower than Galura."

"And in the end it will become a helpless flying insect, a sad butterfly crushed by my hands."

Hearing this voice, Ishtar immediately understood whose voice it was.

"Bad taste, you've become even more twisted, Ereshkigal."

"How can there be such a thing, I'm already very humane. From the moment you brought living people to the underworld, you should have fallen to the bottom of the underworld."

"But since you intend to accept the test of the seven gates, according to the regulations of the underworld, your answers must be appraised."

"Shirou Emiya, if you want to defeat me, you must overcome these tests. As long as you pass through the seven gates safely, I will welcome you as the master of the underworld!"

"Then wait for me! Allie!"

Emiya Shirou's mouth was full of smiles, and his eyes showed confidence.

"I will defeat you myself."