Fujimaru and entourage have lost Ushiwakamaru and Leonidas I. Upon receiving the report from the group that returned to the ziggurat, Gilgamesh decides it is necessary to conquer the three goddesses in certain order to fight against Gorgon, and orders Fujimaru to first turn Ishtar into an ally. With a "secret plan" given by Gilgamesh in hand, Fujimaru and company head over to Ishtar's temple.

Fujimaru and company ever so easily have Jaguar Warrior join their ranks, and are reunited with the soldiers of Uruk, thought to be all dead, outside Eridu. Learning of their safety, the group sees a way to defeat Quetzalcoatl. They finally arrive at Eridu's Temple of the Sun, and they challenge Quetzalcoatl, one of the deities of the Three Goddess Alliance, to a battle. While in a fierce battle in an attempt to destroy the Altar of the Sun, Fujimaru seeks assistance from Ishtar's powers and challenges Quetzalcoatl to a head-on battle of the soul.