Not to mention the countless shocked spectators.
Even the gods stared at him dumbfounded.
Was this even an option?
Nameless took another bite of the apple and looked at the goddesses: "Athena, the wisest; Artemis, who can hunt anything; Aphrodite, who governs love… Since you've all chosen to bless me, does that mean you acknowledge me?"
"Hehe, yes, Nameless, you are the most beautiful!" Artemis replied without hesitation.
This was the one she valued most.
So refreshingly unconventional!
The other two goddesses remained silent, letting out a soft hum but saying nothing more.
Crunch~ Crunch~
Nameless swiftly finished the apple: "Alright, this apple has been eaten, and the choice has been made. What do you think, Queen Hera?"
"Fine, consider the trial passed."
Hera observed him with great interest.
This apple was the root of discord, the source of strife among the gods.
Now, Nameless had devoured it in a few bites, meaning the gods no longer needed to fight over it.
A clever solution.
But effective.
If you can't solve the problem, then solve the one who created it!
Trial Passed!
The Twelve Olympian Gods.
Now, only the last two remain!
Hera said with disgust, "Very well, you may proceed to where that fellow resides."
"Then I shall go now."
Nameless arrived at a place on Mount Olympus where a massive surge of molten lava erupted.
This was none other than the forge of Hephaestus, the God of Fire and Blacksmithing.
He was the son of Zeus and Hera.
Yet, Hera despised him for his ugliness and cast him down from Mount Olympus.
Tumbling through the air for an entire day, Hephaestus was crippled by the fall before being found and raised by the sea goddess Thetis.
When he grew up, he deliberately crafted a throne to imprison Hera.
The gods all sought to rescue Hera, but Hephaestus set forth three conditions.
First, Queen Hera must admit her wrongdoing in abandoning him.
Second, she must acknowledge his status as one of the Olympian gods.
Third, the goddess of love, Aphrodite, must marry him!
As it happened, Zeus, seeing that he himself could never win Aphrodite's favor and that she only stirred up trouble, angrily married her off to the ugliest and most crippled among the gods.
Thus, Hephaestus achieved all his desires!
But he also became the most disliked among the gods.
Every day, he remained here alone, forging metal.
Even Aphrodite, who was forced to marry him, secretly dallied with the other gods, leaving him thoroughly cuckolded.
Hephaestus looked at the young man before him and said, "My trial for you is—forge a weapon that I will admire!"
As a blacksmith, the only trial he could demand was, naturally, forging!
"Agreed!"
Nameless accepted.
Then, he picked up the hammer, stood before the anvil, and gazed at the dark, unrefined sword blank before him.
His aura underwent a sudden and earth-shaking transformation.
Buzz~
Behind him, the illusory projections of countless swords emerged.
Along with an enormous furnace.
Nameless raised his hammer and declared solemnly, "As the Master of Ten Thousand Swords, I shall forge all blades into one. Swords, come!"
Boom!
With a single strike of the hammer, countless sword projections converged onto the dark, unrefined sword blank, causing it to instantly radiate dazzling brilliance.
This was the nascent form of his ultimate weapon—[Nameless].
A sword without a name, yet sharper than any other, aiding him in slaying countless formidable foes.
"How... did you do that?" Hephaestus stared at him in astonishment.
The method of fusing ten thousand swords into one was something even he, the God of Smithing, found exhausting.
How could a mere mortal accomplish such a feat?
"Once, I was just an ordinary blacksmith."
Nameless smiled faintly.
In one timeline, he bore another name—
[Senji Muramasa]
A simple blacksmith.
Hephaestus studied him intently. "I can see it now—you were once a master smith. Congratulations, you've passed the trial."
The youth before him appeared young.
Yet, he exuded an overwhelming sharpness, a presence akin to his own.
The sword blank he had forged contained boundless potential for growth, capable of evolving endlessly.
Surpassing all the divine weapons Hephaestus had ever crafted!
Even the weapons of the gods paled in comparison!
Hephaestus sighed softly. "Now I understand why fate chose you. You truly are worthy."
As a deity despised by the gods, he had initially resented relying on an outsider to save Olympus—to save the world itself.
He had even thought—
Enough. Let it all burn.
But now, witnessing the kindred spirit within Nameless, he could only wonder how far this man would go.
Hephaestus offered his sincere blessing: "May you surpass me—may you surpass even the gods as a blacksmith!"
The God of Smithing imparted all his lifelong forging knowledge to Nameless.
Granting him the ability to craft divine weapons—and even greater arms beyond.
The onlookers were stunned—
-[Holy shit, how many alt accounts does Nameless have? How many glorious pasts has he lived?]
-[Only Alaya would know! Traversing six thousand years of human history, countless timelines and parallel worlds—who the hell knows how many alts he has!]
-[Wait, so the Nameless we saw in that Phantasm Summoning wasn't even his ultimate form?]
-[Absolutely not! Nameless has no limits! If all his incarnations from countless battles and worlds were to converge, could he even defeat the Evils of Humanity?!]
...
Chaldea.
Da Vinci, watching the footage, clicked her tongue. "Just how many alts does this guy have?"
Even the mighty God of Smithing was awed by Nameless's forging prowess.
That alt account must have been ridiculously strong.
"Hard to say..."
Romani Archaman shook his head.
Faced with this unprecedented Heroic Spirit, he couldn't help but feel inadequate.
Dude, how many alts do you even have?
After a moment of thought, Romani mused, "Among history's famous blacksmiths, aside from Ou Yezi and others, there's also the creator of the cursed Muramasa blades in Japanese history... So which one was his alt?"
"Who knows? Nameless is Nameless. Unless he reveals it himself, no one can tell which identities were his!" Da Vinci sighed.
At least they could take comfort in the fact that their Master was him.
Only this powerful Master could truly save humanity and safeguard human order.
No other Grand Servant could likely accomplish this!
"Senpai is truly amazing, but unfortunately, I can't be of much help."
Mash sighed.
Though she was meant to be his shield, time and again, she found herself unable to fight alongside him, instead being safely protected behind him.
This filled her with frustration.
If one day she could become Senpai's strongest shield, she would willingly sacrifice everything!
When that time came, she would be the one to block every attack for him!
Just then.
A grand and terrifying scene suddenly unfolded on the screen.
Countless giants had broken free from the deepest prison of the underworld.
Even Hades, the mighty King of the Underworld, was utterly powerless to stop these monstrous beings.
One after another, the ferocious giants shattered the underworld's defenses, forcing even Hades to flee!
The final battle had truly begun.
The gods, who had once been indifferent, now realized the sheer horror of the calamity foretold by fate.
Giants rampaged across the land.
Mountains were torn from the earth and hurled like weapons at cities and temples.
The gods and heroes who had stood in their way now paled in terror, helpless as the giants marched toward Mount Olympus.
The former King of Gods had now transformed into an avenger risen from the depths of hell.
He roared in fury, "Take revenge! Slaughter every last human and god without exception!"
He was the true ruler of this land.
Yet, he had been defeated by outsiders and imprisoned in the underworld for countless years.
Unforgivable, inexcusable!
Thus, when the Demon God King came before him, he readily accepted the Holy Grail.
Absorbing the sins of time and devouring the Titans, he finally shattered all seals and returned to the world!
On Mount Olympus.
The gods had all gathered.
Nameless, too, gazed into the distance.
That terrifying entity had broken free from its bonds.
Under its command, hordes of monstrous giants brought devastation to the entire world.
This was not just a calamity for the gods.
Humans suffered even more.
Countless cities lay in ruins under the giants' onslaught.
If left unchecked, the giants' rampage would annihilate humanity and destabilize all of human history!
"Senpai, how can we defeat the giants?" Mash asked, her face pale.
These were giants towering dozens, even hundreds of meters tall. Even with her shield, she could hardly hold them back.
Nameless turned to the towering King of Gods and asked, "Lord Zeus, what would you have me do?"
"It's simple. Are you willing to fight?"
Zeus stared at his predecessor in the distance, arcs of purple lightning crackling around him.
The prophesied battle for the end of the world was about to begin.
Not even he could guarantee victory.
For the Olympian gods had come from outer space, their original forms destroyed by that terrifying annihilator of civilizations, forcing them to abandon their vessels.
They had integrated into the Greek pantheon, becoming local deities.
Yet, the Counter Force Gaia had not spared them, granting the giants power specifically to oppose the gods.
They were the natural enemies of the divine!
The gods could not kill them.
Even after desperate battles, the best they could do was seal them away in the underworld.
Now, the Demon God King from the future had exploited this flaw in Gaia's Counter Force.
Bestowed with the Holy Grail of Kronos, allowing it to devour numerous Titans and gain even more terrifying power.
This power is enough to annihilate both humans and gods!
After all, for the Counter Force Gaia, as long as the Earth remains unharmed, the extinction of humanity is inconsequential.
This aligns perfectly with the Demon God King's intentions.
"This is my mission!" Nameless answered without hesitation.
If the Demon God King's scheme were to succeed, that terrifying entity would fully merge with the Counter Force Gaia, becoming the new planetary consciousness.
By then, humanity would face complete annihilation!
"Then, in the name of the God-King Zeus, I bestow upon you the blessing of destructive might!"
Brilliant lightning erupted from Zeus's scepter, converging upon the young man before him.
The blessings of the Twelve Olympian Gods—all twelve—were gathered within him.
Limitless, immense power surged and blazed wildly across Nameless's body.
The divine messenger Hermes proclaimed loudly: "Rejoice! He is the King of Heroes, the strongest of all, who has gathered the power of the Twelve Olympian Gods and surpassed divine might—Nameless!"
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