In the Fuyuki Magecraft Academy.
Merlin had a strange expression: "Look, everyone says Nameless is the true vixen."
"..."
Tamamo-no-Mae was particularly speechless about this.
Clearly, she was the real nine-tailed fox spirit.
She had caused havoc in the Dragon Kingdom's Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, the Peacock Dynasty, and even Fusang, wreaking havoc across five major dynasties.
Yet, look at Nameless.
Walking through human history, conquering King Arthur, Qin Shi Huang, the King of Heroes, and numerous emperors.
Now even the transformed King of the Huns, Attila, had truly been conquered by him.
Killing through all of Europe was merely to prove to Nameless that she surpassed the Han Dynasty, wanting to completely conquer and seize him.
Could it be that when the real Starfall Vanguard's true form finishes watching the video, it only wants to take Nameless away?
Merlin looked up at the sky: "The Starfall Vanguard wouldn't dream, nor could it possibly dream of becoming human; it's clearly all part of Alaya's plan."
She deduced that after defeating the Starfall Vanguard's avatar.
Alaya must have used the connection between the avatar and the true form to allow it to live a life as the human Attila.
In order to thoroughly influence it, so that Nameless could turn it to his side.
With her [Clairvoyance], Merlin could see more clearly than anyone else and any heroic spirit the other side's power.
That was a terrifying existence that transcended human malice, truly qualified to annihilate planets.
What was even more terrifying was that, like the Evils of Humanity, the stronger the civilization, the greater the power it could mobilize.
The human civilization of the 21st century, after thousands of years of development, had reached its peak.
The forces it could command far surpassed anything before.
This meant one thing.
This was a battle for the survival of human civilization!
"Heh, Nameless is mine. No one else can take him away!" Tamamo-no-Mae's golden eyes burned with killing intent.
Once all nine tails were gathered and she transformed into the White-Faced Golden-Fox with the true power of the sun, she would fear no enemy.
Merlin watched her leisurely. "Oh? As long as you defeat the Umbral Star's vanguard, no one will be able to compete with you for Nameless."
"...We'll talk about that later." Tamamo-no-Mae rolled her eyes.
In her current state, she couldn't even defeat Qin Shi Huang or the King of Heroes—Grand Servants—let alone the Umbral Star's vanguard.
The video continued.
Attila the Hun had conquered the entire world.
Countless Europeans trembled under her iron hooves.
One after another, European nations became her vassals, paying tribute and swearing fealty.
They were even required to send troops to fight in her wars.
However.
All men are mortal.
Even the Hun King who once ruled the world had grown old.
Her unparalleled divine power of war waned rapidly with age.
As she lay on her sickbed once more,
Nameless, whom she hadn't seen in many years, appeared before her again.
He smiled and greeted her: "I'm back, Attila."
Just like decades ago, Nameless returned unchanged—still a youth.
But Attila, whom he had protected since childhood, had now reached the final stage of her life.
"Long time no see, Master. So you truly are an immortal of legend..." Attila's expression was complicated.
At this moment,
she finally understood why her master had never cared for her power or status.
Like Qin Shi Huang,
after attaining unrivaled authority, she too had longed for eternal life.
Yet no matter what methods she tried, immortality remained beyond her grasp.
Nameless sat by her bedside and placed a piece of cloth she had once woven for him upon her chest.
Once more, he reached out to touch her cheek, his smile gentle. "You've lived a magnificent life, one that shaped the entire world."
"Yet time waits for no one," Attila sighed softly.
She had built a vast empire, but could not protect it forever.
"It's enough. This is humanity. This is human civilization. Each generation passes the torch—your legend will never fade."
Nameless' smile grew even warmer. "You will live on in human history, sung by countless generations, enduring for centuries, for millennia."
"Humanity... the passing of civilization?" A light rekindled in Attila's dimming eyes.
In that instant,
she suddenly comprehended what it meant to be human.
What civilization was.
What legacy meant.
Everything proved she had been human.
"You were born human, lived a brilliant life as one, and now die peacefully as humans do."
Nameless gently stroked her cheek. "Attila, you've done more than enough. I'm proud of you."
"Then, Master... will you stay with me a while longer?" Attila held his hand.
"Sleep. I'll be right here."
Nameless sat quietly beside her, watching as she drifted into slumber.
Into a dream that would never fade.
She was gone.
Born as a human, died as a human.
And then.
She lived again.
Awakening as the vanguard of the Star of Destruction, descending in the manner of the Star's herald!
Yet those brief decades of human existence transformed her from Sefar into Attila.
From a merciless weapon of annihilation into a being with fragments of humanity.
The video ended there!
-[Hey hey, it just ends like that? How did the giant god Attila become a heroic spirit later?]
-[Dammit, cliffhanger Alaya, always leaving us hanging like this!]
-[So after watching this video, will the real Attila want to become human?]
-[Probably not realistic. Her true form is the genuine vanguard of the Star of Destruction—how could she abandon humanity's destruction without a fight?]
-[True, even Tiamat who deeply loved humanity only let go after being defeated!]
...
Gilgamesh frowned. "Just like when we fought Tiamat, this is a battle for humanity's survival."
That the vanguard of the Star of Destruction had lived a human life was clearly the joint work of Alaya and Souma.
An attempt to completely sway her, to make her like Tiamat—a guardian of humanity.
Unfortunately.
Her true nature remained that of a civilization-destroying herald. How could she give up so easily?
"The time for decisive battle has come," Souma sighed softly.
He would have preferred to win her over through charm alone.
But transforming her from an emotionless machine into something with humanity had already exhausted all means available to him and Alaya.
To make her a heroic spirit protecting humanity, defeating her in battle was the only path left.
Qin Shi Huang gently reminded him, "Souma, shouldn't we be going?"
The moment of humanity's decisive battle had arrived.
As China's guardian, he naturally had to be on the front lines.
"Mm." Souma nodded.
Roya looked at the three in surprise. "Eh? Where are you all going?"
With the disaster of the Star's vanguard upon them, why were they leaving?
"We have some business outside. You stay home," Souma said, patting her head.
The threat from the Star's herald was terrifying enough.
If the troublemaker added to the chaos, it would be truly disastrous.
"Oh, then go ahead."
Roya's gaze swept across the three men.
With these three going out together, they clearly couldn't be up to anything particularly unusual.
After all, a triangle was the most stable relationship!
Once outside,
Souma whispered, "Zheng'er, first try showing her the video."
This was just an attempt.
She had lived for decades as the human Attila.
Alas, that time was far too brief.
The Star's vanguard had existed for tens of thousands of years.
A mere few decades could hardly shake the foundations of her being.
Having died as a human, her mindset now resembled Artoria's as the Lion King—no longer thinking as a human would.
"Understood. Teacher, this emperor will attempt it," Qin Shi Huang agreed.
The Space Great Wall had been built precisely to counter the Star's vanguard.
Now, the enemy had truly arrived.
Given the herald's terrifying power, even the Space Great Wall would struggle to hold.
With annihilation approaching,
If the video could awaken her human memories, that would clearly be the best outcome...
In the heavens above,
The Star's vanguard Attila had truly descended into Earth's atmosphere.
Her face was breathtakingly beautiful yet icy cold.
She gazed down upon Earth from space with merciless indifference.
More ruthless than the Lion King in the Singularity "Camelot."
That Lion King, in the end, still sought to prolong human history in his own way.
But the Alien God's Emissary only desires to completely devour and annihilate human civilization!
At the same time.
Qin Shi Huang transformed the Great Wall orbital cannon into a live-streaming platform, broadcasting openly to the entire world.
His figure appeared atop the Great Wall in space.
The Son of Heaven guards the nation's gates!
With immense magical energy, Qin Shi Huang began projecting the newly released side story by [Alaya] onto a colossal space screen for the Emissary to see.
And it was deliberately edited to remove the first half, leaving only the final segment featuring the human Atilla.
His goal was to awaken the other's humanity in one stroke, thereby averting the most terrifying war of destruction.
The massive form of the Alien God's Emissary suddenly slowed its advance slightly.
Its snow-white hair billowed like a waterfall behind it.
Crimson eyes coldly watched the projected footage.
Everyone tensely observed the live broadcast.
Their hearts fervently prayed for it to completely change its mind and return to being an ordinary human.
Faced with such a weapon of destruction capable of effortlessly defeating gods, no one dared to fight against it!
The Alien God's Emissary Atilla spoke calmly: "I am the ultimate weapon of destruction. Your human civilization is but sustenance for me. Desist—all your struggles are utterly futile!"
He swung the [Sword of the War God], and a dazzlingly brilliant rainbow sword light bloomed abruptly in the sky.
The Great Wall Orbital Cannon, suspended in space and capable of unleashing destructive power rivaling a nuclear bomb, was utterly incapable of resisting such a sword light.
The radiant, eye-catching rainbow carried with it a suffocating force of annihilation.
Under this single strike—
The Space Great Wall was cleanly severed!
This single strike also shattered the last sliver of hope in everyone's hearts, dragging them all back to the cold, harsh reality.
The video had achieved nothing!
Under the gaze of countless onlookers, Souma's figure appeared at the center of the live broadcast.
Holding the [Sword of Promised Victory], he pointed it at the Alien God's Vanguard and declared, "Then, you heartless weapon of war, allow me to defeat you completely—and awaken your humanity!"