Although she understood that Jiang You had handed her a card with the intent of having her settle things with Goetia through a Duel, Gudako, who had little confidence in her own strength, still chose to attack Goetia with Heroic Spirits.
Compared to playing cards, Gudako was indeed more skilled at commanding Servants to fight.
Jiang You was not surprised by this; after all, there weren't many Duelist Brains in this world, and solving things with pure force was the right approach. However, fighting Goetia with Servants was impossible; Goetia completely countered this combat style. As long as he didn't interfere, the final result would still be a true man-to-man battle for Gudako, except this time, her ultimate weapon in the final battle had changed from a dining table to a card.
The subsequent events were not much different from the main story: Gudako summoned the Servants she had bonded with in the various Singularities to attack Goetia. Upon discovering that he was at a disadvantage in melee combat, Goetia performed an Nega-Summon, summoning a large number of Demon God Pillar physical forms.
This was the first time Jiang You had seen a Demon God Pillar in such clear detail. The ones in the game were actually shrunk down significantly, leaving only a rough outline. Only after witnessing it in person did Jiang You realize that the pattern-like features on the Demon God Pillar were actually formed from countless human bodies. Those contorted bodies were fused together, constituting the Demon God Pillar's outer skin. Overall, this thing looked like something that had crawled out of a Cthulhu-esque film set.
Therefore, in what way could Solomon be a proper person if he could command such creatures? He had to find an opportunity to properly interrogate Romani.
The only pity was that Jiang You hadn't seen the famous scene known as the "Great Meteor Shower." However, considering that Jeanne was still in Fuyuki keeping Jalter company, Jiang You let it go. After all, he had already given the card to Gudako, so at worst, he could just recreate the scene with a Duel.
"Useless! Useless! Useless!" Gudako continuously used the authority Jiang You had given her to directly pull people from the Throne of Heroes. But Goetia's Authority was superior, and even with the reduced mana cost, Gudako's own pitifully low magical power reserves couldn't support her in continuous summoning. Goetia kept activating his Nega-Summon skill, steadily advancing toward Gudako.
"Last Master of Humanity, let your journey end here!"
Even though he had inherited Solomon's body, Goetia still preferred close-quarters combat. Perhaps it was because their nature as Demon God Pillars made them more instinctive, or perhaps the original owner simply preferred it this way. Regardless, Goetia closed in on Gudako, his fist thrusting directly toward her heart.
While launching this strike, Goetia remained wary of Jiang You. In his eyes, Jiang You was the main combatant of this battle. As a suspected Servant, he was completely unaffected by Nega-Summon. In contrast, Gudako, who could only rely on Servants to fight, was merely an accessory.
"It's... not over. It's only just beginning!" Gudako caught Goetia's fist, though it was less of a catch and more of an obstruction. She simply grabbed the fist that had been stopped by an invisible force. "I will be your opponent!"
"Shouldn't you be shouting something like 'Witness the resolve of humanity!' in a moment like this?" Jiang You, who had taken out a sofa as usual and was preparing to watch the show, expressed his dissatisfaction. He had even brought out a speaker to play background music. "This is the final battle! Give me something hot!"
"Who do you think is responsible for this?!" Gudako felt the veins on her forehead throbbing as Jiang You started talking to himself again.
Lines like that could only be said when someone was fighting with everything they had, right? With Jiang You acting as her backup, Gudako honestly couldn't bring herself to get tense. Even if Jiang You said he wouldn't intervene, he was actually quite easy to read. He only said such things on the surface. If she truly lost, he would definitely be more anxious than anyone else.
"Am I just a tool for your amusement?" Seeing Jiang You's posture, Goetia was nearly laughing with rage. Jiang You posed a threat, it was true, but he was the pinnacle of Spellcraft, one of the highest combat powers on this planet. As long as Jiang You remained a creature of this planet, he would at least be able to fight. He had still been too cautious, so cautious that he wanted to eliminate the variable of Humanity's Last Master before fighting Jiang You. Thinking back now, the man hadn't even stepped onto the battlefield. He was likely just bluffing. "You're truly making me want to laugh out loud. There is a limit to arrogance!"
With a wave of his hand, several Demon God Pillars rose from the ground. Their branch-like eyes all fixed on Jiang You's location. A cold light flashed from them as the Demon God Pillars' Techniques were instantly activated.
"Melusine!" Jiang You bestowed a few buffs on Melusine using the Spell Card's effect, including a Special Attack bonus against the Demon God Pillars. He could definitely have dealt with them himself now, but since Melusine was already here, he might as well let her participate a bit.
"Annihilate!" Melusine swung her weapon. Already powerful, she cut through the Demon God Pillars like a hot knife through butter after receiving Jiang You's buffs. The surging magical power shattered the pillars' connection points, causing the severed sections to instantly crumble into dust and scatter in the air.
However, these were only fragments of the Demon God Pillars. They had indeed been damaged, but weren't completely destroyed. Still, Jiang You had achieved his goal.
"The Dragon of Albion?" Goetia clearly recognized Melusine's origin. "You, who failed to return to the Inner Sea of Stars, also choose to help humanity? Even after they desecrated your corpse?"
"Humanity has nothing to do with me. I am simply on Jiang You's side." Melusine had indeed never taken humanity's side. In fact, she was grateful to Goetia. If he hadn't attempted to incinerate Human Order, subsequent events wouldn't have occurred, and she wouldn't have been born within the Lostbelts.
Goetia seemed to sense Melusine's aura, then snorted coldly. "A pitiful creature driven by biological instinct; you are also a boring thing! For such a ridiculous reason, you will be swept into the garbage heap of time along with inferior things like humans and their laughable history!"
"I can't let you say things like that." Gudako deployed the Duel Space in response to this attack. "I do not think humans are inferior things, and history is not laughable at all! In every era, there are heroes who wrote magnificent chapters, adorning history like the stars in the sky! I have seen them. No matter where they come from or what dreams they hold, they have all pushed the wheels of history forward in unison! I will not allow you to deny their efforts, and you are not allowed to say such things, because Solomon was just the same!"
"Solomon?" Goetia covered his forehead and burst into laughter. He understood that his true identity had been exposed for a long time, but it didn't matter. "He was a laughable fellow too. However, you have no right to judge him, because... no one understands Solomon better than I do!"