The time of parting has come.
Nameless' smiling face only made countless viewers weep uncontrollably—
[Dammit, he's smiling, so why am I crying?]
[Saving the world at the cost of being forgotten... this injustice weighs heavy on my heart!]
[Nameless, you're the man who makes miracles happen. You even saved Dr. Roman! Why couldn't you save yourself?]
[Because the price for saving Dr. Roman and Mash was Nameless becoming the sacrifice!]
[This hurts. He walked through human history, protecting humanity countless times, yet we can only watch him disappear...]
...
In the hotel.
Mordred clenched her fists, biting her lip as she muttered: "Damn it, why did this bastard have to sacrifice himself!"
Her eyes already shimmered with unshed tears.
Though she styled herself the Knight of Treachery, even she couldn't help being moved to tears by this scene.
With [Alaya]'s favor, Nameless could return as a Servant even in death.
He might even become human again.
But.
The Holy Grail of Stars connected to the Root. Once activated, not even [Alaya] or [God] could protect him!
None could predict what unfathomable changes might occur upon reaching the Root.
That ultimate origin of all things in the universe, transcending all existence - no one could control it.
After using the Holy Grail of Stars, he would be forgotten by all, perhaps even losing his own [existence].
From then on.
No one would know your past, no records to be found.
Our only photo together, you smiling so bright!
No—there would be no photo at all. Even she would forget him completely!
Mordred strongly suspected this might have been part of his plan all along.
I admire your skill, making farewells seem so artful.
In your heart, perhaps you've long planned when to bid farewell to everyone completely!
"To gain something, one must lose something. To save everyone, one must sacrifice oneself," Artoria whispered softly.
Though it's unclear what price the [Lord] demanded from Nameless to agree to save Romani Archaman.
But one can imagine it must have been a terrifyingly steep price.
That [Lord] clearly wouldn't assist Nameless without good reason.
Surely not just idly watching the show for entertainment?
This price likely involved Nameless replacing Romani Archaman in the final farewell.
A sacrifice too cruel to accept!
Gawain nodded, his expression complicated: "I must admit, this guy truly has courage!"
Using Goetia's [Ars Almadel Salomonis] as an energy source to forge a super Holy Grail.
Thereby devouring and gathering the energy of the three-thousand-year human history light band, ascending to become a Star Holy Grail connected to the Root.
This process was fraught with unimaginable dangers.
As the chessmaster making his moves, what terrifying pressure must Nameless have endured with each play!
A single misstep wouldn't just mean Nameless being slain by Goetia.
But the entire human race would be doomed alongside him!
From this perspective alone, Gawain had to admit the man was the most qualified perfect knight.
Courage, sacrifice, devotion... all these noble qualities could be found in him.
Of course, as the illustrious Sun Knight himself, he was only slightly inferior to the man.
Together, they'd make the ultimate guardian knight duo!
Mordred suddenly realized tears were streaming down her face and hurriedly wiped them away.
With a slightly choked voice, she said: "Just got some dust in my eyes! I'm not crying!"
"Right, I understand - must have been a brick that flew into your eye," Gawain said, surprised at the sight.
Only Nameless could make this rebellious knight shed tears, after all.
He kept watching the screen intently, wondering if any further twists would occur.
After all, this was ultimately about taking that ultimate step forward, surpassing all heroic spirits in existence!
The video continued.
Nameless smiled at the formidable enemy and said, "Goetia, let us journey together to the Root, to the ultimate origin of all things."
The Holy Grail of the Stars had been completed.
Next,
he would step into the Root with it, perishing together!
"But I refuse!"
Goetia gazed at him coldly. "A mere human, what could you possibly understand of gods or the decisions that shape the future?"
The grand undertaking prepared over three thousand years had now been realized.
He had successfully transformed into the consciousness of the planet.
Once he left the Temple of Time and returned to Pan-Human History, he would gain complete control over the entire planet.
No matter how powerful humans became, they would remain nothing more than parasites bred upon His body.
By then,
He would create a new world of happiness—one free from death and despair.
No one could stop Him!
"But it is precisely to reclaim the future you stole from humanity that I stand before you now," Nameless replied calmly.
Having come this far, all his previous anger and hostility had faded into tranquility.
To hear the truth in the morning and die at night—such is fulfillment.
He and Goetia would step into the Root together, akin to kindred spirits who had "heard the truth"!
Goetia looked at him with mockery. "Then, do you know the fundamental reason I initiated the Incineration of Humanity?"
"From your perspective, you despaired of humanity and thus sought to destroy them," Nameless answered.
"Yes and no. I did indeed despair of humanity, seeing only their ugliness and repulsiveness."
Goetia's expression turned pitying. "However, the true reason I spent three thousand years preparing to enact the Incineration was that humanity has no future!"
"Even without the Incineration, humanity's future would have ended completely after 2016!"
Goetia revealed His true purpose.
Beyond His despair for humanity,
the most fundamental reason was that He saw not even a glimmer of hope for humanity's salvation!
Since there was no hope, human history had no need to continue.
Better to burn it all as fuel for a return to the origin, allowing Him to bestow a future upon the Earth!
"Then, did you foresee your own failure? That you would be defeated by mere humans?"
Nameless looked at Him with equal mockery. "If you see no future, you deliver despair—is that what you call salvation?"
The other's actions were so absurd that he nearly laughed in frustration.
It was textbook Russian counter-terrorism logic:
To prevent hostages from being killed by terrorists, just shoot the hostages first!
Hostages: Thanks a lot!
Nameless understood Goetia's reasoning well.
Though His deeds were steeped in destruction and despair, His motivation was still rooted in "love" for humanity.
Love twisted to its extreme, warped to its limit—that was the nature of Human Evil.
Goetia saw no future for humanity, so He sought to reverse time, returning to 4.6 billion years ago.
To escape the inevitable doom.
Like a prophecy foretelling a child's accidental death in adulthood.
Under the banner of "love," unwilling to see the child suffer,
He would stuff it back into the womb—
No, start over from the moment of conception!
But then—
Would the "you" born anew still be you?
"Nameless, humanity's future is doomed to extinction. All your resistance now is futile!"
Goetia continued to gaze at him with pity in his eyes. "The Earth will give birth to parallel worlds that crush Singularities, engaging in brutal life-or-death competition. You alone cannot stop this!"
Singularities were merely branches diverging from human history.
But what would emerge next were Lostbelts—each vying for legitimacy against Pan-Human History.
A clash of civilizations, a fight to the death.
The Heroic Spirits within these Lostbelts would become terrifyingly powerful.
Each would fight desperately to prolong their own civilization, sparing no cost against Pan-Human History.
Through his Clairvoyance, Goetia had long foreseen this inevitable future of ruin.
The ultimate evil descending from beyond the stars would employ methods far more ruthless than his own.
Personally nurturing each Lostbelts.
Using the strongest, most extreme humans to forge the mightiest human history!
Nameless, hailing from Pan-Human History, sought to pierce through these seven Lostbelts with his own hands—a near-impossible feat!
Goetia sneered, "Even if you reset the world, you cannot erase any of this. All your efforts are in vain!"
"I know," Nameless replied.
"You will face despair, hatred, loathing—even betrayal!" Goetia's tone grew increasingly pitying. "You'll bear the monstrous sin of personally destroying civilizations, questioning whether you were wrong, whether you wasted your life!"
These were civilizations equivalent to Pan-Human History.
Some even more suited for human survival than Pan-Human History itself.
Yet for Pan-Human History to endure, they had to be destroyed!
Such was the cruelty of civilization's struggle for survival.
"To save this imperfect, possibly erroneous world at the cost of annihilating other civilizations, other human histories."
Nameless calmly met his gaze. "If saving Pan-Human History is evil, then I willingly shoulder all sins!"
"Even should I fall completely, others will inherit my path without hesitation!"
As one who indirectly possessed Clairvoyance, he knew exactly what awaited him in the future.
If anything.
This First Beast before him had utterly despaired of humanity, deeming them all worthless failures.
Better to repurpose them as fuel for a new celestial body to fulfill his wish of saving the world.
Then.
The ultimate evil from beyond the stars deemed all current humans useless.
That present history should be wholly discarded.
The right to choose given only to the most exceptional, to forge the strongest human history!
Both Beasts acted in the name of "love," yet brought about the most horrific calamities.
Nevertheless.
This was the path Nameless had chosen.
From the moment he made his contract with [Alaya], he had embarked on this irreversible road to protect humanity.
Their dialogue left the audience exchanging stunned glances—
[My god, so Goetia initiated the Human Incineration Plan to counter an even greater catastrophe?]
[You have to admit, Goetia's premonition was right... The Lostbelts are terrifying!]
[Exactly! Just think of the Eternal Monarch Qin Shi Huang—that's only one of seven Lostbelts!]
[Wait, if Nameless resets the world, could he avoid the Lostbelts?]
[Obviously not! Didn't you hear Goetia? That ultimate evil comes from beyond Earth!]
"Indeed, even if you reset the world, you would only reset Earth—you cannot interfere with the entire universe!"