86) I-I lost?

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3rd Pov

Poseidon released waves of attacks, his trident leaving afterimages as he attacked at Tiamat at rapid speed. He was also being assisted by his wives, Scathach released waves of depuff spell she had learned at Tiamat, although working barely they made her weaker by half a percent, Jalter was using Holy spells and undead spells, as well as her borrowed Divine Authority at Tiamat. Artoria simply used her divinity, causing most harm to Tiamat.

Jeanne was mostly defensive, as despite her newfound strength, she simply lacked powerful attacks to cause harm to Tiamat, however whenever she got the chance she use her Noble Phantasm to shield him from Tiamat's attacks, and others as well. However in a few minutes they realized fighting her was useless, she had an infinite supply of mana and could regenerate infinitely as well.

" Need any help?", asked Quetzalcoatl as she looked at the Poseidon who had a scratch on his cheek, he had a bloodthirsty smile as he touched his hair and said," Indeed, it will be fruitless to fight her here, we need to isolate her within the underworld, while her prowess won't weaken significantly, it will halt her regeneration and weaken her connection to the chaos tide or even break it."

" Is that so? I must admit, we can't beat her above here, but you said she can change her form into a stronger dragonic one right? Won't be it hopeless then?", Quetzalcoatl said, though her words despair there wasn't any despair on her face, since for her she had just spoken the cruel truth, Poseidon glanced at her and replied," She has modified her Saint Graph enough, and she is no longer a servant but a True Goddess herself, changing her form won't make her any stronger now."

" Good, prepare a hole below her and I will dump her in", said Quetzalcoatl smashing her fists, her mouth transforming into draconic. " King Gilgamesh has said he will help as well, after all it is the only moment, he will get to use his New Noble Phantasm", Merlin said as he appeared beside them. Poseidon looked at Merlin who quickly vanished fleeing back and gave a message to his wives to keep Tiamat busy.

" Get ready", he said to Quetzalcoatl who nodded and flew away. Suddenly a torrent of Noble Phantasms coming from the Uruk rained on Tiamat, she screeched as thousands of Noble Phantasms fell on her, Poseidon floated on the air and said," Creation", using the Super Tier Spell he manipulated the entire Earth below Tiamat and created a hole, Tiamat seeing the Earth below her sinking, and then rupturing creating a wide gap below her quickly increased the thrust from the back of her horn.

"The past is here. The present is here. The future is here! Come winds, come lightning!

When the morning star shines... let all know the Sun's light reaches every corner of the Earth!", Quetzalcoatl chanted as a circular disc manifested above her and turned into a swirl of flames and thunder, then a ball of flame descended on her palm and then breaking the sound barrier she flew towards Tiamat.

"~Anggghhhh!!~", Tiamat manifested several circular shields around her taking the attack, but it gave the chance for the Poseidon to act," Blackhole", he chanted a small black dot manifested several hundred meters below her, and started sucking the air from above, due to the extreme pressure Tiamat fell through the hole, landing in the Underworld.

Poseidon, his wives and Quetzalcoatl quickly dived in the hole, falling to the Underworld, " Finally! You guys are here! I have been waiting for so long!", said Ereshkigal as she appeared and then looked at Tiamat and shouted shocked," She has descended as a True God?!!", her face turned into one of horror.

All the Top Divine Spirits generally had EX Rank Divinity, even though there was difference in between them, but Tiamat already had EX Rank Divinity and after turning into a True Goddess, she simply had too much prowess. Ereshkigal gulped and suddenly felt the entire Underworld trembling, " Damnit! It is draining too much of Underworld and taking a lot of my Authority to suppress her, in few minutes the entire Underworld would start crumbling!", said Ereshkigal.

" A few minutes would enough", Poseidon replied and patted her head," Thanks for your help", he said, a smile visible on his face. ' H-He smiled!! It looks so good on him! ', Ereshkigal though blushing and replied," I-It's okay! I am doing this just because you defeated me!", though she instantly regretted on her choice of words,' Is Ishtar's habits rubbing on me?! ', she thought.

" Achoo!", Ishtar sneezed as she looked at the big hole below her," Which idiot is complaining about me?! It must be that Goldie! Whatever! I guess they have already enacted their plan", she muttered and then quickly dived in while mounted on her Manna, she gulped her saliva as she entered the Underworld being reminded of the horrific experiences she had.

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Poseidon Pov

I launched myself at Tiamat, now in Underworld with her connection severed with the Chaos Tide, she could no longer birth infinite monsters, nor could regenerate or resurrect infinitely. As long as I manage to kill her this will end her for good. With a bloodthirsty grin on my face, I again coated myself with Water God Battle Aura and my weapon with Anti-Immortality Touki as well as Water God Battle Aura, increasing it's Rank from A+ to EX.

" Chione Tyro Demeter! ", I quickly used on of my Trident moves, and then jumping to the sky I dived towards the Underworld, I released a barrage of Trident attacks, the speed of my attacks being faster than thunder itself and simultaneously used penetration, my attacks blew off her horns, and riddled holes in her body, she screamed in pain, swaying her body and shooting off hundreds of beams towards me trying to kill me.

However I quickly dodged them, it barely took any effort for me as the speed of those beams was even slower than thunder. Then I quickly began my next attack," Medusa Alope Demeter! ", my muscles contracted as I used the full potential of my body, at a speed faster than thunder I released a barrage of attacks at Tiamat from every possible direction. Millions of my strikes hitting her body every second with the combined power of my Penetration they easily broke through her defenses.

Once I had stopped, I looked at the sorry state of Tiamat, her horns cracked, her body riddled with countless holes, healing slowly due to the effects of my Anti-Immortality Touki. Suddenly my wives released a combined attacks as well," Rhongomyniad!", "Gae Bolg Alternative!", I heard the voices of Artoria and Scathach, and then looked at them to find them using their Noble Phantasm simultaneously.

However, they used it on Jalter who used her Noble Phantasm," La Grondement Du Haine!! ", Jalter used her Noble Phantasm, Pillar of flames burst out of the ground, the attacks on the Artoria and Scathach were absorbed by her Flag, though as they were attacking with full power, she barely managed to pull it off with wounds appearing on her body.

She quickly reflected the attacks at Tiamat, a Black Pillar of light shot at her, it shredded away the space and had the effect of bestowing the curse of death, it pierced through Tiamat defenses completely annihilating one-thirds of her body. Then with a powerful throw of my trident, I separated her head.

" It's over?", I heard the voice of Ritsuka, it didn't need for me to look to know Ritsuka, Arjuna and Mash were here, alongside Anna, Amara and Merlin. Ignoring them I summoned back my Trident, as Tiamat resurrected, her all wounds healed rapidly as I launched my attack," Medusa Alope Demeter! ", again, with an omni-directional attack I destroyed her body.

This time her aura vanished, I stopped quite drained, though I remained alarmed, as it could be possibly a feint from her and I was right as the next moment she resurrected but this time, my eyes widened as her figure transformed into a size of a human, she had two large horns behind her, her eyes having a red iris, and she had two large claws.

' What form is th-', I thought as she appeared in front of me, my pupils widened as I used my Trident to block her claws from ripping me apart, she then appeared beside me, and cleaved out a piece of flesh from my shoulder, I quickly chanted a healing spell while counter-attacking on her, she appeared a few meters away, and mustering up all my strength, my speed barely exceeded speed of thunder.

*BOOM*

Our weapons clashed, her claws and my Trident, creating shockwaves, I launched a barrage of attacks which she easily blocked with her claws, a creepy smile formed on her face as she revealed her long, slender and twisted teeth. My heartbeat fastened up; I could feel blood rushing through my veins as we fought each other.

Her speed surpassed mine, much to my surprise, but I managed to repel her attacks and even counterattack through my sheer experience, and heightened senses, at this time I had put my body to limits, I could feel my muscles tearing with my every move, and I had to continuously use my Divinity to hold my body together, till I used another healing spell.

The perception of time around me was considerably slow, we both fought off each other at an inhumane speed, our clash leaving shockwaves that would kill if not injure them greatly once it hits them, Tiamat suddenly used her Authority Nega-Genesis creating a bounding field dispelling all the shockwaves much to my relief.

But, they weren't made for to dispel shockwaves, but rather to strengthen her, she rewrote the laws of the world, the space around us started expanding, her speed further increased while the light around us started dimming. A malicious smile formed on her face as her eyes fixated on me, her lips formed, releasing a word," Son!".

I was surprised and almost made a mistake in my movement that would have costed my life, though I got myself together as she started repeating the words," Son! Son! Son! Son! Son! Son! Son! Son! Son! Son...", this time her words had no effect on me, but as we fought, I immediately realized that I was at very big disadvantage.

As her Authority rewrote the laws it only became worse, and I had to start teleporting to avoid her attacks and counter-attack her, two draconic wings suddenly sprouted from her back and her speed further increased, the next moment my hand holding the trident was ripped off, and then my neck, I felt a deja vu as the world spun around me, her bounded field suddenly started getting weaker and then broke revealing the outside world.

I looked at my wives running towards me and I knew I had lost, the next most I was unconscious.

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3rd Pov

" We are here", Kingu said as he and Gilgamesh landed on the ground, they watched as Poseidon killing Tiamat for the second time since they have managed to get her in the Underworld. Suddenly Gilgamesh's eyes constricted as he took out Ea," Kingu! Quick-", he wanted to say but the next moment Tiamat's new form appeared and then both the figures of Tiamat and Poseidon vanished being replaced by a black sphere.

" What happened?!", Ritsuka said shocked, Gilgamesh quickly released his Ea," Enuma Elish!", the red beam struck the black sphere but it failed to break it, his eyes narrowed while Poseidon's wives started running towards the Black Sphere in an attempt to break it, their experiences told that whatever had happened was extremely serious.

The next moment, the black sphere vanished, revealing the new form of Tiamat who had the body of Poseidon minus his head and a hand within her grasp. The head of Poseidon rolled towards his wives, who became horrified seeing his beheaded head and body, Jeanne caught his head, but it vanished into golden particles the next moment, she froze.

Silence

The entire place became silent, many couldn't even get the gist of what happened, and stood dumbfounded, while for Poseidon and Tiamat several hours or days had passed in a sense, for them it was a barely a few seconds that had passed, and in this few seconds the entire battle had reversed. Tiamat hugged Poseidon's dead body, covering it with her mud to stop it from discovering, then she licked and said," Son! Son! Luve you! Luve you! Luve you! Luve you!!".

The entire Underworld echoed with her words sending chills to the spines of everyone. " Gil-", Kingu gulped his saliva as he looked at his obsessive mother, Gilgamesh didn't replied as he released his Noble Phantasm," Enuma Elish", his attack hit the dazed Tiamat, and while it barely scorched her skin and a bit of her flesh, it managed to vaporize Poseidon's dead body.

Her figure froze, while everyone quickly took a battle stance, they knew the situation had turned into one of pure despair, as Poseidon had fallen.

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Meanwhile in the black void, Poseidon opened his eyes and muttered," I-I lost?", his voice filled with complex emotions. A holographic screen appeared in front of him.

[Notice!

You have failed in the quest ,' A bad mother needs some punishment! '.

You receive the penalty!

Penalty: You won't get the Dragon God Race!]

Poseidon ignored the screen, still shocked by the turn of the events in the Babylonia Singularity, then he gritted his teeth, seeing his failed quest, the quest had a condition that he can't die till he completes the quest, and unfortunately, he died while doing the quest, thus even if he kills Tiamat now, it won't fulfill the quest.

He took a deep breath, he was reintroduced to the taste of the defeat and then he erupted in laughter, his voice echoed in the endless darkness.

To be continued...

Chapter Title: I-I lost?

(Author's Note: Totally unexpected right?! He had all his parameters on the EX! His various skills and buffs were active, his Noble Phantasm had turned into EX Rank! He even managed to put Tiamat into a sorry state multiple times, he broke through he near-invincible defense countless times, one that would require at least an EX rank for any harm to be done on her.

Yet! Our God has lost! This proves that Mom is Mom, and Tiamat is Mommy *Cough* *Cough*, anyway, Wanna see what happens next?! So donate the power stones wholeheartedly!

I will drop a bonus chap tomorrow if we can get our rank within top 30 till tomorrow's timer is reset. I might upload some Ai arts and images as well on tomorrow or on over morrow.

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