Revival Scenario: Age of Ishtarin

This is terrible...

A giant flying saucer is occupying New York City... Its inhabitants have all been turned into valuables...

Emperor Nero was transformed into a jewel and taken away while protecting Masuh, Senpai...

And the Holy Grail the King of Heroes had prepared as a victory prize has been stolen...

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Yes... He's been dead silent ever since we made our escape from New York.

Suffice to say, it looks like Ishtar...

...or rather, an Ishtar calling herself Space Ishtar, has well and truly claimed New York for herself.

The Servants who managed to escape suggested we band together and try to destroy her spaceship...

...but we can't risk Emperor Nero and all the people of New York she's holding hostage.

Yeah... The only way we can restore the Servants Space Ishtar turned into treasure is to defeat her ourselves.

As if facing her the first time wasn't enough of a pain in the ass.

I only let that cosmic demon go free before because I thought she'd turned over a new leaf. Guess I was wrong.

All that aside though, I wonder what she's doing here on Earth?

Servantverse Servants aren't usually summoned unless there's some serious threat to the entire universe, or something on that level.

Maybe a Servant from the same setting paved the way for her? N-nah, that would just be silly! Hahahaha.

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Her Spirit Origin reading is as strong as ever, but...I'm afraid we can't seem to find her.

She could've been assassinated ahead of time, or lured in by the prospect of jewels only to end up as one herself...

All I can say for sure is, there's no way that cosmic demon wouldn't have done something about her Earth counterpart.

It's always been her policy to cut down anyone who got in her way. By this point, the Ishtar you knew is probably just space dust now...

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Um, King Gilgamesh?

I understand you're exhausted, but do you think you could start acting like your usual royal self again soon?

Space or not, she's still the same Ishtar you've dealt with countless times since the Age of Gods.

Surely you must have any number of plans ready for dealing with a situation like this?

Forget it! Why should I concern myself with some mongrel from outer space!?

Curses, how could the sacred sword wielder let this happen!? This sort of thing is supposed to be her problem to deal with!

Oou ang? (Said while shoveling curry rice into her mouth)

What the...!? You!? No, wait, it's not you. Or...is it!? Oh, never mind!

At any rate, I am not that worthless goddess's keeper, nor is it my job to clean up ridiculous messes like this.

The rest of you can figure something out. I'm going to Macau to have a proper vacation!

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Are you really going to let this stand, King Gilgamesh?

Even if this latest endeavor of yours was foiled by an unexpected interloper, it is still your endeavor.

You can't wash your hands of it simply because she happened to stand out more than you.

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Hello, everyone. Thank you for keeping our king company once again.

What are you doing here? I thought you had gone over to Space Ishtar's side, seeing how you're still working the shop with a smile.

As you'll recall, Your Majesty, I have always been the high priestess of the goddesses of Uruk. I am their faithful servant just as much as yours.

Ishtar may be acting stranger than usual right now, but she still put me in charge of the shop.

Her exact words were: "I'm going to liven things up here way more than Gilgamesh ever did, so I want you to take excellent care of the combatants."

As a citizen of Uruk, well, I could hardly refuse such a request. I had to see it through.

Suffice to say, I was hoping to see which of you was better suited to be the life of the party, so to speak...

...but it seems that was little more than a foolish dream.

If simply being shown up is enough to make you turn tail and run, then how could you ever hope to match her?

...Hmph. What nerve you have, to say such a thing to my face, to dare judge me, of all people.

Still, you are correct. My stepping down from the stage now would be giving Ishtar exactly what she wants.

If I can no longer rule over this event as a king, then I can simply compete in it as any other warrior.

After all, there is more than one star of this show. There is the champion, and there are also those who would challenge them.

Just like Fujimaru there has done to date.

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Only because I have no other choice!

As sick and extreeemely tired of it as I may be, someone has to show you how to properly go about dealing with a pesky goddess!

This is great! King Gilgamesh is on his way to the combatants' entry gate!

Come on, Senpai! We're going to rescue Emperor Nero, and all of New York City!