87) Mother, it's time you rest.

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3rd Pov

Every servant could feel chills in their back as Gilgamesh obliterated Poseidon's dead body, Artoria glared at him wanting to kill him, but seeing the situation, she refrained from attacking Gilgamesh. Meanwhile, the King of Heroes had a solemn look on his face, Merlin suddenly said," Do not fear! Lord Poseidon while had lost managed to pave the way for us! Her mana is almost empty, and she has sacrificed her endurance to boost her strength and speed!"

Some servants looked at him with,' Are you fucking serious? ', even Gilgamesh wanted to skin off the mage alive, as just a moment ago Tiamat's skin barely got scorched from a half-powered blow of his Enuma Elish, but on looking at Tiamat again and seeing a transparent sphere around her body he understood. " That's a bounded field", he said, garnering everyone's attention.

Hearing his words they saw a sign of hope, the next moment Tiamat finally made a move, her bounded field disappeared, and torrents of attacks rained down on her," Rhongomyniad!", "Agni Gandava ", " Enuma Elish ", but they simply missed her, avoiding all the attacks Tiamat came near the Gilgamesh, she swiped her claw with the intent to behead him.

Blood spilled out in everyone's view as Tiamat's claws cleaved through his arms, Gilgamesh managed to protect himself in time as he was the servant with the highest reaction speed here. Thus he managed to block her attack, but his arms had major wounds, he quickly covered his arms with golden armor, which decreased his speed a bit.

The next moment Kingu attacked her with his chains, that surrounded her and wrapped around her, but she simply moved and they broke off, her Divinity was so strong that it simply surpassed Kingu's very concept of Reigning over Gods. Others weren't idle, Scathach flew towards Tiamat, she manifested two spears and threw one at her at the speed of thunder.

Tiamat easily avoided it, and appeared next to her the next moment and her claw went through Scathach's chest, the queen of the land of shadow's red eyes narrowed as she thrusted her spear forward making Tiamat retreat, blood spilled from her wound and mouth, she quickly used a healing spell, Amara quickly attacked Tiamat, but due to her low combat experience her both arms were easily ripped off by Tiamat," Aghhhh!!", she wailed in pain.

Artoria and Jalter simultaneously attacked Tiamat, but Tiamat easily ripped apart Jalter's left arm and Artoria's right arm, Anna sent her sickle spinning through the air, her attack barely touched Tiamat but it made a wound on it, everyone's confidence boosted due to this. Quetzalcoatl arrived next to Tiamat, their eyes met, and their weapons clashed, but Quetzalcoatl's both arms were ripped apart the next moment.

" Kingu, son of Tiamat, will show you the power of the Chain of the Heavens! Mother's fury is a thing of the past. Now I will awaken the breath of the planet—", Kingu started chanting for his Noble Phantasm, hearing his chant, every servant focused on keeping Tiamat busy, though the Hektor, and Jaguar man died in a few seconds and the left leg of Ishtar was ripped off," Enuma Elish!", Kingu quickly used his Noble Phantasm.

His entire body turned into a chain, and dozens of chains appeared, they struck Tiamat and somehow managed to coil itself on her, Gilgamesh had no time to mourn his friend nor he needed, they had already discussed it, thus Gilgamesh unflinching of his friend's second death, used his Noble Phantasm," Enuma Elish!", a red pillar of beam shot at her.

" Rhongomyniad!", Artoria too used her Noble Phantasm, both the Noble Phantasms shot at her from opposite direction, if they were to meet then a space-time distortion will form, strong enough to kill fully powered God-Kings, in their God form in one blow. The chains of heaven disintegrated as Tiamat broke free and was hit by both the attacks, next moment the space was torn off, with almost half of the body of the King of Heroes and King of Storms missing.

"~Anghhhh!!~", Tiamat screeched much to everyone's horror, Gilgamesh fell on the ground, barely alive, while Artoria managed to heal herself, but she was too horrified, " Ho-How?", Ritsuka uttered, his face full of despair, in a very short time, almost all of the servants have lost to her, when Tiamat barely had 5% of her mana, and her Endurance was reduced to B+.

" It's not good!! Underworld has started crumbling down! In another minute she will regain her connection to the sea of tide!", suddenly they heard Ereshkigal's voice, whose face was pale, she was holding her lance using her divinity to keep the Underworld together. " Die bitch!!!!", Ishtar suddenly shouted as she released a barrage of jewels, which exploded, but Tiamat simply avoided them.

Jeanne meanwhile shot her Holy Flag at Tiamat, hitting her, on the leg making Tiamat cry in pain, and the next moment Jeanne found her legs missing, she fell on the ground," Do it! Old man! What are you waiting for?!!", shouted Merlin garnering everyone's attention. Tiamat stopped in her tracks as a voice of a bell rang throughout the Underworld.

A servant with huge stature, his face covered with a skull mask and blue flames poured out of his eyes," …Canst thou hear this bell? It tolls for thy destiny's end. Accept it, and unbind thy sou-", the first Hassan's words stopped as he looked below to find a huge hole in the chest, then his head and limbs separated, and his brain burst into golden light.

"~Anggghhh!!~", Tiamat screamed and stopped, Merlin fell on the ground, his face full of disbelief," That was a fucking Grand Servant! H-He died just like that?", he said, everyone who understood his words too fell into despair, they have lost, no matter how hard they tried to deny it. Poseidon's wives took a battle stance, Amara growled, her hands healed she was ready to transform.

Gilgamesh barely stood and looked at Tiamat while gnashing his teeth, Tiamat again moved and every servant got ready to receive her attack, this time she attacked Anna and as she appeared in front of Anna, the goddess despaired and thought,' Lor- ', her thought interrupted as a Trident passed through Tiamat chest, her movement coming to a halt,' Poseidon?! '.

Everyone's eyes widened as the figure of Poseidon appeared behind Tiamat out of nowhere," Mother, it's time you rest", he whispered into her years, "Son", Tiamat whispered as she looked at him. Her body started turning into ash and she moved her hand towards in an attempt to touch his cheek, but her body turned into ashes, and she was unable to touch him. 

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Poseidon Pov

I looked at my surroundings it was pitch black, I hadn't returned back to the throne of the Heroes, as for why? It was simple, I had used a spell that could resurrect me, its name is ' Mercy of Shorea Robusta ', it is a 10th Tier spells, it has three effects, and I haven't experienced it's last effect yet. I casted it as a measure, and I think it worked.

[Correct, master your spell has worked. Yggdrasil Spells modify the existing reality permanently, that's why even if it's the weakest spell it comes under the category of the Magic in this world's definition of Magic, your spell has worked, however it is taking time for you to resurrect], the system said.

It meant I hadn't lost the war, she had won a single battle against, but she hasn't won the war yet, however I have failed in one of my missions, it meant I wouldn't get the Dragon God Race. I won't deny I was disappointed, as despite being Mortal and Divine, I am still bounded by my racial limits. My parameters when I first came in this world were already among the top heroic spirits, as generally having A rank parameter or above is mostly impossible.

My physical parameters can get weaker or stronger in my servant form, but in my True God they are fixed, however they can get permanently stronger, as well but I have not received any result despite training so hard for the past few years. It made sense as I have been training for nearly over 14 billion years, yet they not increased, sure I can temporarily enhance them using spells, my Water God Battle Aura, and even divinity, but it's only temporary.

Thus, I was looking forward on getting this new race, unfortunately with failing the request it wasn't possible anymore, though I wasn't discouraged as I should get similar quests in future, though it must be of a threat equal to Tiamat or stronger than her for me to get another such quest. I became silent and waited for my resurrection.

[Master, there should be a time delay between your death and resurrection in the material world], system said.

" I had expected it, now it depends on the situation of when I resurrect", I said, I had faith in my wives that they could at least hold Tiamat for a few minutes, she had wasted more than 95% of her Mana and had modified her saint graph again, this time sacrificing her Endurance for Speed and agility, and let's just say her Endurance was really monstrous, they might be even able to kill her if they get lucky and let's just say their luck status is pretty high.

[...Master- Do you remember the reward, Water Stream Rock Smashing fist?], suddenly system asked me.

" Yes", I replied, wondering what it wanted to tell me.

[You haven't practiced it's breathing method- If you practice it then your physical parameters should get stronger, even if not by much.], system explained to me.

My eyes narrowed a bit, it was unexpected, since that breathing technique only increased strength temporarily or so what I knew, and even then it shouldn't work due to my Divine Physiology, unless I had some assistance or it was modified according to the needs of my body. I felt glad with this information, I had been neglecting my physical parameters since they don't increase easily and I haven't got any suitable quest for it, also because I can increase them to EX temporarily.

My current rank of the martial arts is only C, I will be practicing it for while. Suddenly, I felt a tug, and the next moment I appeared back in the Material World," Time Stop", I used the spell and all the time came into a halt. Pain assaulted me as I checked my body, there were injuries visible all over the body, it was the limitation of this spell, while it could resurrect the user, his health won't be full after being resurrected.

Thankfully I had a Transcendent Mana Heart, which while damaged as my body, simply held an absurd amount of Mana even in this state. I looked at the figure of the Tiamat frozen before Anna, I quickly used a healing spell to heal myself, and summoned my trident, I couldn't use Time spell for long and nor I had mana to stack up a lot of enhancements.

I simply used my Water God Battle Aura on my body increasing my physical parameters and coated my trident with a dense Anti-Immortality Touki, I came behind her and pierced her Divine Core with my Trident and destroyed it, then the time once again started running, Tiamat's figure stopped and I said," Mother, it's time you rest."

"Son", she whispered, her voice humane and twisted her body towards me, she moved forward her hand in an attempt to touch me, but it was in vain as her body turned into ash before she could touch my cheeks. The next moment I was in a pure white place, I knew it was her mindscape, or rather the manifestation of her soul.

She was in front of me, unlike her deranged her forms I had seen till now, she looked pure with two big horns, her body size a bit smaller than mine, she had big breasts indicating she wasn't the larva form. "S-Son", she stuttered as she looked at me with guilt. " Forgive me, as a mother I hurt my own child, I had committed the greatest sin", she said.

" You have paid for your sin, I had killed you myself", I said, my voice nonchalant," Tell me, is it wrong for a mother to be loved by her children? I-I had tried so many times, yet they always abandoned me, whether it were the Gods or the Humans", she said, her eyes dim. " Children grow, they must leave their mothers when they had grown, but- they shouldn't abandon her mother", I said getting her attention.

" Why do you still love who have abandoned you? Isn't it same as them denying being your child?", I asked, a bit amused of her mother complex. " They are my children!", she suddenly retorted, she was full of panic." They aren't!", I said denying her and continued," For a child mother is someone who hadn't simply borne him but rather had cared for him, showered him with love and it's same for mothers, their true children might not be given birth by them, but they love them, as they would love their mother."

She looked stumped, she wanted to deny me, and remained silent in deep thought and soon realized," You are correct, I was wrong all along, they aren't my children anymore, as I am not their mother anymore", she said. " I have no children", she came to the conclusion on her own, I didn't tried to cheer up, after all she had just killed me before.

It was just she reminded me of her mother, and just a foolish mother at her heart did I made an effort to rectify her thinking," Tell me are you my son? You called me mother", she suddenly asked me as she looked at me with nervousness," You killed me", I snickered and her face became pale," F-Forgive me! I won't do it again!", she said, her words were amusing to say the least.

" Your son huh? I am n-", I wanted to say something but remembering about Jeanne I got a deja vu, and said anyway," I am not your son", then she said," But you can be!", I became speechless. I sighed and looked at her, she looked at me with anticipation, her desires being pure. No one could deny the appeal of having such a loving mother.

" Perhaps, but it's time we part way", I said, and started walking away," We shall meet again son, I promise, by that time I will be a good mother to you!", she said, I just remembered her words, after all the future is unpredictable, at least in my case. Though I had a feeling we will meet again, and just like that my consciousness returned to my body.

To be continued...

(Author's Note: Your author had do this to make sure Tiamat gets in harem, now again this is similar to Jeanne situation, thus it would be weird and out of his character for him to accept her as his mother, but now mommy Tiamat in same situation as Jeanne we will see what will happen, and what you expect a another 50 or chapters to meet her?

Don't be like that, it will be repetitive, if you can see the Promised worlds you will get the idea when we will see her again! Whether it is too far or too near! It is up to you to use your common sense!

P.S: Now, please drop a power stone, we failed to enter top 30 but we are almost there! If we get in top 30 by tomorrow, I will give the bonus chap! Akros Peace out~)