Crack!
The bounded field shattered like glass, fissures spreading like jagged claws.
Mash, Artemis, and the others waiting anxiously outside tensed as they stared at the now-vanished clearing.
"Senpai…"
Mash's face was pale, her wounds from Kronos' earlier attack still unhealed, yet she paid them no mind as she focused on the empty space.
That was Kronos—the terror surpassing even the gods, who declared his intent to wrest control of human history from the Demon God King Goetia and rule the planet for eternity!
Even Zeus, who had unleashed [World Discipline Keraunos], had been defeated. Could Senpai truly overcome him?
What if he sacrificed himself within the bounded field, paying any price to achieve victory?
Memories of his past self-sacrifices flooded Mash's mind, deepening her dread.
Crack—!
A dazzling sword light pierced the heavens, shattering the bounded field completely.
This was a magecraft rivaling True Magic, empowered by the combined might of the Twelve Olympians—capable of sealing even a being akin to a Beast of Humanity like Kronos!
The two vanished figures reappeared before everyone's eyes.
The colossal titan, towering between heaven and earth, let out a frenzied, desperate roar—
"Stop this, human! My glorious intellect, my grand ambition—they cannot end like this!!" Kronos howled madly.
Under his foe's assault, he realized with horror that he was utterly powerless to resist, forced to watch as his humiliating demise unfolded.
He had dreamed of eternal dominion over this planet—how could he accept his ambitions cut short?
Yet no matter how bitterly he resisted, how fiercely he raged, it was all futile.
Nameless gazed calmly at the towering giant and sneered. "Useless. This is a God-Slaying Sword forged specifically for you—ignoring all defenses and resistance, erasing you from your very origin."
Before the stunned eyes of all, the titan's gargantuan form began to crumble and disperse.
Boundless ambition, endless schemes, and bottomless hatred—all shattered into nothingness in this instant.
A single stroke to slay a god!
Countless viewers erupted in cheers—
-[Holy shit, actual god-slaying! And against a deity comparable to a Beast of Humanity! Nameless is OP!]
-[Truly, "special attack beats even gods"! No matter how you struggle, one sword ends it all!]
-[Rejoice! He is the God-Slayer who felled towering evil, the Master who spreads the flames of hope, the Savior who leads humanity to a new dawn—Nameless!]
-["The Beast's enterprise was half-complete when it met its end. Now the world is divided—the final parting of gods and men draws near!"]
-[So… will the Olympians descend into reality?]
...
Fuyuki Magecraft Academy, Dean's Office.
Tamamo-no-Mae, the Academy Director, stared blankly at the screen. "He… actually did it?"
That was a genuine deity, a terror matching the Beasts of Humanity.
Capable of sweeping aside the combined might of the Olympians!
But now, this terrifying colossus had its body obliterated by a single Nameless Sword strike!
"Incredible! What did he learn from King Hassan to reach this point?"
Merlin was equally dumbfounded.
His usual calm and composed demeanor had completely transformed into shock.
Never could he have imagined that even a deity would be unable to stop the opponent, being decisively slain instead.
That execution ability, nearly identical to King Hassan's, sent chills down his spine just witnessing it.
Absolutely terrifying!
Merlin knew full well that after Kronos devoured the Titans and the Giant King Typhon, each of his heads represented an additional life.
With a full hundred lives, he far surpassed even Heracles with his [Twelve Labors].
No matter how hard the gods tried, slaying him should have been impossible.
Yet now, this impossible miracle was unfolding before their very eyes!
Tamamo-no-Mae couldn't help shrinking back: "Could it be that King Hassan came too?"
This was the only explanation she could think of.
Previously, it was King Hassan's intervention that allowed Nameless and the King of Heroes to banish Tiamat back to the imaginary number space.
Otherwise, no matter how much Tiamat held back, they could never have expelled her!
The fundamental gap between them was far too vast!
"Probably not."
Merlin shook his head.
The Age of Gods in Greece was the true era of deities—even Nameless and Mash's journey there had been extremely difficult.
Most importantly.
During the Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, King Hassan had already sacrificed his Grand Saint Graph when executing his Grand strike to bestow the [Concept of Death] upon Tiamat.
Grand Servants represented the strongest combatants under [Alaya], granted the ability to traverse human history.
Even if King Hassan hadn't weakened much after losing his Grand Saint Graph, he would have lost this historical traversal capability.
That fellow was ultimately an assassin, not a mage like himself.
"Kronos is ultimately only similar to a Beast of Humanity—Nameless shouldn't be able to defeat a true Beast, right?"
Tamamo-no-Mae clutched her ample chest and took a deep breath.
That terrifying freak likely possessed power surpassing her eight tails, approaching the strength of her nine-tailed form.
In other words, to utterly dominate Nameless and claim him for herself alone, seven or eight tails were not enough.
She needed all nine tails gathered, transforming into her ultimate form!
"There's no way we can win!"
Merlin declared with absolute certainty.
For now, they had to endure!
Once this vixen ascended to the level of a nine-tailed Beast of Humanity, she could effortlessly crush Nameless.
Then, she would repay him tenfold for every humiliation he had inflicted upon her.
She would broadcast live to the entire world as she forced him to drink the drowning potion of femininity!
Just the thought made Merlin's face flush, her body tremble with excitement, and her breath hitch in anticipation.
By then, would the countless Heroic Spirits across the world, all bewitched by Nameless, still pursue him?
The video was nearing its end.
After Kronos was utterly annihilated, the earth-shaking weapon in Nameless's hand also dissipated into nothingness.
He had forged this unprecedented weapon at the cost of nearly burning himself out entirely.
The sole purpose of this sword's existence was to slay Kronos!
Having fulfilled its duty, it naturally ceased to be.
Merlin and Tamamo-no-Mae both sighed in relief at the sight.
The power of that sword was too terrifying.
In some aspects, it was no less formidable than the King of Heroes' Ea—capable of slaying beings approaching the level of a Beast of Humanity!
All the giants had been implanted with control seeds by Kronos to prevent further betrayal.
Now, with Kronos's death, his invincible army of giants crumbled in an instant.
One by one, the giants turned to stone, standing tall upon the earth as colossal statues!
Apollo stared blankly at the scene. "He… actually won?"
After Ares, the God of War, and Zeus, the King of Gods, had been defeated, no one believed a mere human could accomplish such a feat.
Yet, this man had stood before Kronos and struck him down!
The gods were utterly stunned, their eyes fixed on the collapsing form of the massive giant.
Athena smiled. "Nameless, my blessing brought you victory, and you, in turn, have brought victory to us gods!"
She held dominion over the authorities of [Wisdom] and [Victory].
Yet, even the strongest authority could not withstand this monster that had devoured countless horrors.
At this point, Kronos was nothing less than the natural enemy of the gods.
Had Nameless not intervened, they would have all been consumed!
In truth, when the gods were routed by the Umbral Star's vanguard and abandoned their mechanical forms to reincarnate as the native deities of Greece, Kronos had sought to devour his own children—Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, and the rest—to eliminate any future threats.
Only with Gaia's aid had the gods narrowly escaped that fate!
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