Chaldea.
Just as the video ended.
Hinako had already chosen to slip away quietly.
However, the moment she pushed open the door, she saw Dr. Roman, who had been intently watching the video earlier, now standing outside eating a strawberry cake, waiting for her.
Mash, the little shield maiden, also stood on the other side, holding her shield and eyeing her warily.
The omnipotent genius Da Vinci said with great interest, "Isn't it time to explain yourself?"
This woman, who was actually the powerful Fairy of the Inner Sea from over two thousand years ago—Yu Mei-ren—had disguised herself as an ordinary mage to infiltrate Chaldea.
Clearly, she was up to no good!
"Confess honestly, and leniency may follow!" Dr. Roman stopped eating his cake, staring at her with extreme wariness.
Her being a fairy was one thing.
The most dangerous part was that she was essentially a ticking time bomb—
No, more like a nuclear bomb!
Her ultimate move was to detonate her own body without hesitation, turning it into the strongest attack.
And she could do it infinitely—a veritable mobile nuclear arsenal!
"I just wanted to live as an ordinary person. Would you believe me if I said that?"
Hinako adjusted her glasses and replied somewhat helplessly.
As an immortal fairy of the Inner Sea with boundless lifespan, she had witnessed the Age of Gods firsthand.
From the era of the Yellow Emperor and Flame Emperor all the way to the time of Qin Shi Huang, she had encountered that nameless Guardian of Human Order.
It was meeting him that transformed her from an indifferent observer into someone who grew to love humanity more and more.
Perhaps this was what they called "love me, love my dog."
Mash couldn't help but blurt out, "You lust after Senpai's body, you vampire!"
Senpai's charm was undeniable, and it was normal for countless Heroic Spirits to adore him.
What wasn't normal was that this woman actually wanted to eat Senpai.
Literally, in the physical sense!
"Shut up! I'm a elemental, not a vampire!" Hinako retorted mildly, though her usual literary maiden demeanor had vanished without a trace.
She hadn't forgotten.
During the Lostbelt, she had self-detonated twice in a row to help Nameless defeat that fox spirit.
Nameless had even promised to compensate her for her sacrifices once the Lostbelt was restored.
Yet, that bastard had disappeared without a trace, making her forget all about him.
What's mine shall be returned; what you've eaten shall be spat out.
This time, she was determined to find Nameless and devour him completely!
"You clearly love drinking blood so much, you're totally a vampire..." Dr. Roman muttered under his breath.
"Piss off, you deadbeat doctor who's obsessed with virtual idols. Want me to expose you?"
Hinako fired back without hesitation.
She had been at Chaldea for so long and still hadn't met Nameless even once.
After watching the video and recovering her memories, her frustration only grew, making her increasingly irritable.
That virtual idol this otaku doctor adored? The person behind it was actually some greasy dude!
"Uh..."
Dr. Roman immediately fell silent, staring at the other party with shock and suspicion.
Could it be that this vampire elf also possessed the Clairvoyance unique to Grand Magus, allowing her to see through his true identity?
Mash stepped in front of Dr. Roman, raising her shield. "Let me make this clear—if you want to eat my Senpai, you'll have to break through my defense first!"
"Oh? How about I eat you first then?"
Hinako licked her lips, her eyes already turning completely blood-red.
"No! If you want to be human, you can't drink anyone's blood!" Mash trembled but still held her shield firmly in place.
"Hmph, I'm a vampire—bah, I mean, I'm an Elemental! I have no interest in the blood of a half-human, half-heroic spirit like you!"
Hinako rolled her eyes.
She had been hiding her identity perfectly, with no one the wiser.
But then Alaya had to go and expose everything with that video, leaving her with no way to conceal herself anymore.
Now, countless Heroic Spirits would undoubtedly be on guard against her.
Damn you, Alaya!
So, Nameless, where exactly are you?
Hinako licked her lips again, feeling a surge of craving within her body.
A craving to devour him!
Fuyuki City, Fuyuki Magecraft Academy.
Inside the Dean's office.
The video had finished playing, but the spacious, brightly lit room remained steeped in prolonged silence.
Tamamo-no-Mae looked utterly incredulous. "I... was actually defeated?"
With all nine tails gathered—the divine spirit of Amaterasu, the nine-tailed fox, the guardian of Emperor Huang's tomb, the destroyer of dynasties, the Beast of Cherishment, the descendant of the sun, Tamamo-no-Mae.
A Beast of Humanity that should have been invincible, yet she had ended up like that?
Unacceptable!
Tamamo-no-Mae couldn't help but gnash her teeth. "Damn you, Nameless! Everything was part of your plan!"
That bastard was truly despicable.
Back when they encountered the Fusang Divine Tree and the corpse of the Golden Crow, he had taken the [Sun-Piercing Arrow] for himself, deliberately keeping it as a trump card against her.
Even after she became the white-faced, golden-furred nine-tailed fox wielding the power of the sun, she still couldn't withstand such a direct counter!
"To discard his Grand status for a single strike... Nameless is truly ruthless!"
Merlin's hand, holding a lollipop, trembled slightly.
So ruthless!
To abandon such a powerful Grand Saint Graph without hesitation, sacrificing it to unleash his strongest arrow.
Not even Tamamo-no-Mae, who had somewhat lucked her way into becoming a Beast of Humanity, could withstand that.
Even the mighty Mother of Genesis, Tiamat, was stripped of her Grand Saint Graph by King Hassan, who imposed upon her the concept of death.
However...
The Grand Saint Graph is both an honor and a heavy burden.
Once you become a Grand Servant, you must fight without hesitation whenever a calamity threatens humanity.
Even if the enemy is a Beast of Humanity, you must fight them to the death.
Every Grand Servant, when necessary, will unhesitatingly sacrifice their Grand Saint Graph to unleash their strongest attack!
In Merlin's eyes, the so-called Grand Saint Graph is nothing more than a high-ranking pawn, fighting for humanity and Alaya.
Anyone who wants it can have it—she certainly doesn't.
The only reason she was even considered as a candidate for Grand Caster was because of her sheer power, which forced Alaya to acknowledge her.
But wouldn't lazing around be much better?
If she truly became the Grand Caster, how could she freely toy with humanity?
How could she oppose the Nameless, Alaya's beloved?
"To think I was defeated… defeated!"
Tamamo-no-Mae fell into silence for a moment.
She had believed that with all nine tails gathered, she could easily suppress the Nameless and make him kneel at her feet.
She could have demanded anything from him—how many times a night, whatever she pleased.
Yet, never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that she, a Beast of Humanity, would lose to him.
"This…"
Even Merlin was at a loss for words.
Earlier, this fox had been so smug, her tails practically wagging in triumph.
But now? The harder she had boasted, the harsher the slap of reality.
And it happened in front of the entire world—a public humiliation!
If even you, a Beast of Humanity, were defeated by the Nameless, how could you ever seek revenge?
Still, Merlin refrained from mocking her.
Instead, she comforted her: "Don't worry. The Nameless is already severely wounded. Once you manifest your seventh or eighth tail, you'll easily crush him!"
After all, she still needed this fox as a pawn.
The best course of action would be to capture the Nameless while he's still recovering from his injuries—and repay him tenfold for everything he did to her!
This operation could be named—
Operation Gil!
Tamamo-no-Mae nodded. "Indeed, the Nameless is only as strong as I was with four tails. Now that I have seven, suppressing him will be effortless!"
Back when she had hired the assassin Hundred-Faced Hassan in the United States to kidnap Illya, she had fought the Nameless once.
At that time, with only four tails, she had forced him to use the power granted by Qin Shi Huang—the Dragon of Human Order.
But when she reached five tails, he had punched her away, refusing to engage her further.
Clearly, even if his strength had improved, he was at most equivalent to her five-tailed self.
Merlin smiled. "With the gods of the Lighthouse launching their attack, we'll get to see the Nameless humiliated in public."
"Exactly. As long as that Beast of Humanity, Tiamat, doesn't descend, the Nameless and Qin Shi Huang stand no chance against eleven chief gods!" Tamamo-no-Mae couldn't wait.
That bastard had made her suffer such disgrace.
After the video spread, countless troublemakers had crowned her with a new title—
[The Most Useless Beast of Humanity!]
They mocked her, saying that despite being the Great God of the Ultimate Weapon, she couldn't even surpass the Nameless in wielding weapons—let alone defeating him in direct combat.
Now, she was lumped together with that useless goddess, Ishtar!
This was absolutely intolerable, making Tamamo-no-Mae almost unable to resist the urge to reach through the internet and kill those gossipy onlookers.
Every single one of them was just stirring up trouble without a care!
Tamamo-no-Mae asked curiously, "So, what exactly are those Council of Gods up to?"
Previously, Nameless had killed the [God of War], making them mortal enemies.
Now that he had fully ascended to the rank of Chief God, there was no way he would let things slide.
"Let me take a look." Merlin activated his Clairvoyance.
Despite Romani Archaman mocking it as the most useless Clairvoyance, it was still Clairvoyance nonetheless.
He could see through everything in the [present].
In other words, nothing on Earth could escape his sight.
He even knew the true identity of that shut-in doctor.
Without stepping outside, he could know everything under the heavens!
After using his Clairvoyance, Merlin spoke uncertainly, "Those arrogant and domineering Council of Gods seem... frightened?"
Meanwhile.
Across the ocean, in the Council of Gods.
Inside the grand and opulent council hall, Alaya's newly exposed video was playing—
The Lostbelt of Qin.
The council members, who had initially paid no attention, suddenly fell into silence.
The [Goddess of Wisdom] looked uneasy. "How can that human named [Xiang Yu] possess such terrifying destructive power and energy reserves capable of waging interstellar war?"
It was utterly incomprehensible.
Though called a human, he was essentially a full-fledged humanoid machine god.
The immense power surging within him made even Heracles struggle immensely in battle, unable to defeat him one-on-one.
Moreover, he possessed terrifying analytical abilities, almost akin to prophecy-level Clairvoyance!
This meant he was truly a god-tier being.
The weapon he wielded was absolutely capable of carving a path through the stars!
Against such a powerhouse, even the gods would have a hard time suppressing him.
"Nothing to worry about. I could blast him to pieces with a single shot!" The [Sun God] was brimming with confidence.
As the most powerful artillery-type machine god, it was his cannon that had shattered China's [Heavenly Court] defense system, shocking all two billion Chinese into submission.
The fear and despair that gripped them—
What a delightful feeling!
Just recalling it made the [Sun God] shiver with pleasure.
This was the supremacy of power.
He alone could suppress all of China!
Then.
The video played footage of the terrifying energy fluctuations erupting from space.
Qin Shi Huang had actually constructed a Great Wall encircling the entire Earth in orbit!
This sight left every council member stunned.
When they had seen the close-up footage from Chaldea earlier, they had dismissed it as mere illusionary magecraft, nothing to fear.
But they never expected Qin Shi Huang to build the Great Wall in space!
Even more terrifying—
The attack on Nameless had merely been a small fragment of the Great Wall dropped like a meteor.
The true Great Wall Orbital Cannon had not even been deployed!
The [Sun God] hesitated. "Surely the Great Wall Orbital Cannon can't compare to my main cannon, right?"
"Insufficient data for calculation! But based on its purpose of defending against the Umbral Star, it must be on par with your main cannon!" The [Goddess of Wisdom] council member said gravely.
The Lostbelt's Great Qin no longer had any enemies—it even sought to invade other Lostbelts.
The so-called defensive Space Great Wall was purely intended to defend against the Umbral Star that Nameless had once mentioned.
Namely, the main body of the Umbral Star slumbering on the moon!
Next.
The emergence of the [Lishan Hero Vault] stunned the assembly of councilors.
Qin Shi Huang had actually frozen and preserved all the heroic figures throughout China's 2,600-year history.
This was the most terrifying aspect of his power.
Even the Space Great Wall couldn't exert such immense pressure on them.
It was equivalent to him embodying Alaya and creating his own Throne of Heroes!
This was something even the Council of Gods could never achieve!
The parliamentary hall instantly fell into deathly silence.
"What are you afraid of? Qin Shi Huang is not Alaya, and the heroes of Lishan are not Heroic Spirits—they're merely cryogenically preserved humans, nothing to fear!"
The [God-King] Speaker sneered, "Most importantly, the Lostbelt has already been personally eradicated by Qin Shi Huang. There's no way he could still possess the Space Great Wall or the Lishan Hero Vault!"
"Our Council of Gods is truly invincible!"