In the hotel.
Mordred stared blankly at the video, gritting her teeth in frustration: "That bastard Chen Gong actually wanted to use me as a firework!"
His [Two-Pronged Formation] could indeed make one stronger.
The problem was, it was a self-sacrificial, limit-breaking enhancement.
In other words, after the buff, you'd become the biggest firework of all, taking the enemy down with you.
It was so close!
If not for that hot-tempered Yu Mei-ren, who had eagerly self-destructed to prove the effects of his ability, she might have been tricked into accepting the buff herself.
Mordred felt as though she had just walked past the gates of the underworld.
Unlike Yu Mei-ren, she had no ability to reconstitute her body.
Artoria calmly looked at her: "If Chen Gong enhanced you to your limits, you might actually stand a chance against me. Doesn't that tempt you?"
She knew exactly what this rebellious brat was thinking.
Nothing more than wanting to grow stronger, suppress her, and then steal Nameless away right in front of her.
Too bad, your father is still your father!
No matter how much you scheme, you'll never defeat me!
"...I refuse!"
Mordred rolled her eyes.
As if! If she wanted to fight, she'd do it while staying alive.
One life-or-death battle like Camlann was enough.
If it happened again, she'd become the laughingstock of the world, unable to rest even as a ghost.
What, was she supposed to die and then haunt them as a spirit, watching her father and Nameless get all lovey-dovey?
Gawain marveled: "That kind of supercharged power is truly terrifying."
If he could receive such an enhancement, he could definitely defeat Nameless.
But he was perfectly happy being alive—why would he self-destruct?
Once he returned to the Throne of Heroes, who knew when he'd get another chance to manifest in the world?
Gawain watched the father and child before him with a warm smile.
Truly, this was the future of Britain—it made him want to sit back and enjoy the show—
No, it filled him with hope!
...
Under the enhanced self-destruction blast from Yu Mei-ren, Tamamo-no-Mae had suffered yet another grievous wound.
She glared furiously at the group: "You bastards—I'll kill every last one of you!"
As a Beast of Humanity, to suffer such humiliation was utterly intolerable.
Just then, the harmless little white beast, Fou, suddenly leaped from Mash's shoulder onto Nameless's.
This adorable little creature had always been the mascot of Chaldea, melting countless hearts with its cuteness.
Since its first appearance, its merchandise had become wildly popular, truly a dreamlike pet.
It softly murmured:
"Fou—Fou (Nameless, this is my last bit of magical energy. Take it!)"
All the magical energy it had painstakingly stored was now poured into Nameless's body in this moment.
Instantly replenishing all the energy he had expended when sacrificing his Grand Saint Graph to unleash the ultimate arrow that stripped Tamamo-no-Mae of her solar power.
Feeling the surging magical energy within him, Nameless finally recovered from his exhausted state.
He stepped forward toward the nine-tailed fox: "Sorry, but it's time to end this."
Burning flame patterns suddenly lit up beneath his feet.
The rewritten incantation began to chant—
"I am the bone of my sword."
"Steel is my body, and fire is my blood."
"I have created over a thousand blades."
"Unaware of loss, nor aware of gain."
"Withstood pain to create weapons, waiting for one's arrival."
"I have no regrets. This is the only path."
"My whole life was—Unlimited Blade Works!"
As he chanted, Magical energy transformed into an immense Reality Marble, completely enveloping the two of them.
In the distance, an endless wasteland stretched out, with countless swords embedded in the ground.
[Unlimited Blade Works!]
Within the Reality Marble, countless swords soared into the air, converging behind him like a myriad of blades returning to their master.
Senji Muramasa from another timeline became his substitute, unleashing the power to smelt all swords in this moment.
An enormous furnace appeared, melting all the swords together.
More refined and sharper than ever before.
Filled with an edge capable of tearing through anything!
"The day the broken sword is reforged, Nameless shall return!"
Nameless gripped the newly forged [Nameless Sword], pointing it at his opponent: "Fox, perhaps I should thank you for helping me comprehend a stronger path of the sword!"
"Oh? If you're thanking me, then let me extract your soul so you can stay with me forever!" Tamamo-no-Mae gracefully stepped forward.
Her Authority of the Beast made her the ultimate weapon deity.
Any weapon crafted by humanity would inevitably be countered by her.
Even the sword that had pierced Qin Shi Huang's invincible defense had been effortlessly shattered by her grasp.
"Then, witness this strike!"
Nameless activated his [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception] once more, finally seeing the lines of death shrouding her body.
He compressed the vast magical energy bestowed by Fou into a single point, pouring it all into the [Nameless Sword].
At this moment, he felt his blood boiling, his soul burning, as he poured everything into unleashing the ultimate strike.
"This strike of mine severs fate, severs sin, severs the future—it is the ultimate strike!"
"This strike is called—God-Slaying!"
Slash!!!
A dazzling sword light tore through the entire Reality Marble.
Like a force of nature, it mercilessly cleaved toward the Beast of Humanity, the nine-tailed fox!
"How presumptuous and overconfident!"
Tamamo-no-Mae swayed her tails, her slender palm brimming with immense Authority, reaching out to grasp the reforged sword.
Yet, to her shock, this sword had far surpassed its previous state, reaching an unimaginable level.
With this single slash, she found herself utterly powerless to resist.
The crisis of death descended upon her!
Her fox tails shimmered with crimson light, transforming into the ultimate weapons in a desperate attempt to block.
Even stripped of her solar power, each of her tails still brimmed with surging sin energy.
However.
Under this single sword strike, Tamamo-no-Mae was shocked to discover that the tsunami-like surge of sin energy was completely severed by the blade!
Along with it, her tails were simultaneously severed!
This wasn't merely physical severance—it directly cut off her power.
"No!!!"
Tamamo-no-Mae let out a terrified roar.
Yet it was utterly futile.
With that one sword stroke, eight of her nine tails were instantly severed!
The terrifying Human Order's Evils that once gathered with nine tails instantly plummeted to the level of an ordinary Servant!
The sword light shattered the Reality Marble.
Nameless pointed his blade at her throat: "You've lost!"
Everyone witnessing this scene felt as if they were in a dream.
Victory?
Had Nameless truly defeated a Human Order's Evil?
-[It's over! The Human Order's Evil has finally been defeated!]
-[Now that Tamamo-no-Mae has been defeated, will Qin Shi Huang intervene with full force?]
-[He definitely will. This is the Eternal Empire he built—how could he willingly let it be destroyed?]
-[So, Nameless still has to fight Qin Shi Huang?]
...
In the living room.
Illya gasped in amazement: "A Human Order's Evil can actually be defeated? Oh right, if it weren't defeated, there wouldn't be a Pan-Human History!"
Human Order's Evils are essentially the antithesis of humanity.
The stronger humanity grows, the stronger these Evils become—an endless cycle.
This nine-tailed fox had absorbed the endless sins of humanity's self-destruction, transforming into a terrifying Human Order's Evil.
Left unchecked, it would have plunged the world into endless war and devastation!
"Indeed, that bastard Demon King Goetia wanted to ignite human history. If we don't defeat him, there'll be nothing left of us!" Roya wholeheartedly agreed.
The thought of human history being set ablaze, with everyone reduced to fuel, was terrifying.
Thankfully, Nameless defeated that hideous Demon King. Otherwise, the human race would have long been wiped out!
Nameless gave the troublemaker a slightly odd look. "True, if he hadn't been defeated, you wouldn't exist either."
That statement wasn't wrong at all.
If he hadn't stopped you from destroying the world back then and thoroughly defeated you, there wouldn't be this peaceful daily life now.
But alas, peace never lasts.
An even greater catastrophe loomed.
Once the troublemaker fused with the planet's consciousness, Gaia, was unsealed, humanity would face utter annihilation!
Even Nameless couldn't think of any way to counter it.
Perhaps fleeing to the imaginary number space with a group of friends and seeking refuge under Tiamat's protection?
That was the only solution he could come up with.
Otherwise, the only option would be to escape Earth and embark on interstellar exile!
Miyu thoughtfully observed Tamamo-no-Mae, whose tails had been severed. "No wonder this fox only had one tail when she descended into the world as a Servant."
A century ago, when she first manifested, a single tail made her the weakest A-rank Servant—an embarrassment among A-ranks!
Yet, over time, she grew a second tail.
Then a third, instantly propelling her into the ranks of top-tier Servants.
She even became the headmaster of Fuyuki Magecraft Academy.
So, it turned out her tails had been severed by Big Brother himself.
That fox spirit totally deserved it!
Illya grew even more curious. "So, will Nameless still fight Qin Shi Huang?"
Earlier, Qin Shi Huang had crafted a Grand vessel, only to be defeated by Nameless. He then wanted Nameless to defeat the fox controlling the Fuasng Divine Tree.
Now that Nameless had truly vanquished the terrifying Beast of Humanity, how could Qin Shi Huang, who had ruled his eternal empire for over two millennia, simply accept its demise?
"Absolutely! Given Qin Shi Huang's pride and dominance, even if he knew he was living in a fabricated world, he'd never bow to so-called Pan-Human History!" Roya declared with certainty.
Knowing the emperor as she did, surrender was never an option.
Illya nodded. "True. No one could easily let go of the Great Qin Empire after 2,600 years."
It had become an obsession—one he'd willingly die to protect.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked Nameless even after recognizing him as his former mentor.
"Perhaps."
Nameless didn't elaborate.
What came next would be Qin Shi Huang's most glorious moment!
He'd show them what it truly meant to be the Ancestral Dragon who safeguarded China!
Under everyone's gaze, Tamamo-no-Mae, now bereft of eight tails, stared blankly. "This humble one… lost?"
First, her solar authority was stripped away, and the concept of death imposed upon her.
Then, her eight tails were severed, causing her power to plummet to the point where he could kill her with a casual strike.
After finally falling for someone, you made me lose so utterly—damn it!
"Return to the Throne of Heroes in your Servant form."
Nameless calmly watched her, raising his sword to deliver the final blow—
Until the Fusang Divine Tree suddenly extended tendrils, binding and whisking her away.
Tamamo-no-Mae struggled helplessly. "No!"
Originally collaborating with the Fantasy Tree, she was now devoured by it in this moment!
This was truly making a pact with the devil!
The Fusang Divine Tree had now reverted to its original form as the Fantasy Tree.
Countless grotesque tentacles were putting up the most tenacious resistance.
Mash approached and asked, "Senpai, should we start cutting down the tree now?"
Only by completely felling the Fantasy Tree could they truly end this Lostbelt and complete their mission.
Just then.
The true master of this world, the King of the Lostbelt, Qin Shi Huang, quietly appeared.
He gazed at Nameless and said, "Master, I never expected you to actually defeat that fox."
The surprises this man brought him were too great.
First defeating his crown-ranked human body, then vanquishing the fox that had transformed into a Beast of Humanity.
Was this the symbol of the future for Proper Human History?
Mordred hid behind Nameless and shouted, "Qin Shi Huang, your so-called unified nation and eternal peace are nothing but a pitiful fantasy in a bottle. Isn't it time to wake up now?"
"Heh, the so-called Zhuangzi dreaming of being a butterfly, or the butterfly dreaming of being Zhuangzi - reality and illusion are hard to distinguish. Between my already extinct history and the Great Qin that still prospers, which is real and which is false? And who gets to decide?" Qin Shi Huang retorted.
Before Nameless and the others could respond.
Red Hare trotted forward and said, "Oh right, Zhuangzi's butterfly dream. So, am I actually Lü Bu who turned into a Red Hare-shaped being, or a Red Hare who thinks he's Lü Bu?"
"Horse, could you please not cause trouble?" Chen Gong looked at him helplessly.