"King Arthur's 'knighting' doesn't look like a knighting ceremony at all. It's clearly a summoning ritual. Can it really summon Nameless?"
The soft, adorable Pink Haired Knight spoke weakly from the side.
The other holy knights glared furiously at her one after another. "Shut up!"
"I told you I was right earlier..."
Under the gazes of a group of ferocious men that looked ready to kill someone,
A'fu hurriedly hid beside His Majesty, staring at everyone with an innocent look.
"You were just making a blind guess!"
Roland said repeatedly from the side.
As he spoke, he also gave the other holy knights meaningful looks.
The others all rushed over and dragged A'fu aside.
They had to prevent this guy from spouting more wild rumors.
What if His Majesty lost his temper and went straight to challenge King Arthur?
If that happened, and King Arthur pinned him beneath her and made him sing "Conquer," the one losing face would be all of France!
"Hmph, suit yourselves if you don't believe me!"
After being dragged away, A'fu couldn't help muttering.
He had clearly been kindly offering a warning, yet they treated it as nonsense. Who could stand that?
The problem was, why hadn't this group of burly men let go of him yet?
"Hey, hey, I won't say anything else! Let go of me!"
Looking at the men all over him—men upon men—A'fu couldn't help struggling with all his might.
"To be honest, I'm a little tempted by men too..."
One knight swallowed.
"Get lost!"
Roland kicked him aside.
You bastards, don't take advantage of a man while he's down!
Uruk.
In the magnificent palace, the King of Heroes, glittering with golden light, held up his wineglass with a smile.
"Tsk. Women are women after all. They actually want to fight over a man so badly."
Gilgamesh was deeply disdainful of the reactions of the two leaders of France and Britain.
He was merely someone who walked through Human History and shouldered some kind of mission. Was there really any need to take him so seriously?
To a king who possessed the originals of every treasure in the world and was practically omniscient and omnipotent, no one was worthy of such attention.
That was the confidence belonging to the oldest King of Heroes. No one could challenge his dignity!
With me, victory is assured!
"Nameless Heroic Spirit, if you dare appear before me, I'll make you willingly submit to me as your king!"
Gilgamesh took a small sip of wine, becoming somewhat interested in that person.
Even he couldn't walk through Human History and appear before one Heroic Spirit after another.
What exactly was that person's identity?
[Announce!]
[Your destiny lies beneath mine, and my destiny rests upon your sword!]
[In response to my knighting, you who obey this will, answer me!]
[Hereby I swear:]
[I am the king of the Knights of the Round Table, and I am one who follows the knightly path!]
[Let the knight's oath crown you. Accept this knighting, nameless knight!]
King Arthur's voice rang out.
Yet there was no response at all—only an unbearably awkward silence.
Behind her, Mordred lowered her head, seemingly hiding the mocking disdain on her delicate face.
All the Knights of the Round Table stood quietly, their expressions rippling faintly.
Even a knighting required the other party's consent!
With that Nameless Heroic Spirit's strength and mystery, a mere seat among the Knights of the Round Table was completely insignificant.
Countless people around the world who witnessed this scene felt that something was terribly off.
"Eh? Nameless really won't accept?" Luo Ya asked in surprise.
This was clearly the perfect moment for a grand entrance that would draw the world's attention. Why hadn't that guy responded at all?
Disappointment appeared on her small face as she crossed her legs over Wei Gong's thigh. "Why won't he accept such a good opportunity?"
"He probably doesn't have the ability to accept it."
Wei Gong casually revealed the truth.
After sacrificing everything he had to restart the world, he was only "a little" stronger than an ordinary person.
The remnants of his power had all been placed in the little brat, specifically to "protect" her.
Being knighted as a Knight of the Round Table was not as simple as ordinary people imagined. It wasn't something just anyone could accept.
One had to possess sufficient strength to accept the other party's knighting.
Otherwise, if an ordinary person accepted it, their body simply couldn't withstand it. They would only be blasted apart by the immense energy!
"Tch, Nameless is so strong. How could he not have the ability to accept it?"
Luo Ya rolled her eyes. "I think he just doesn't dare come out because he's afraid of getting the Yandere ending!"
"..."
The hand Wei Gong was massaging her thigh with exerted a little more force.
You little brat, are you trying to make sure I don't survive?
At that moment.
Faced with the indescribable silence, King Arthur on the screen showed no disappointment at all. Instead, she continued:
"Announce!"
"My scabbard shall accompany you, and your destiny shall exist alongside mine!"
"I hereby knight you as—"
"Holy Light Knight!"
This time,
the knighting succeeded!
"Ahhh, it finally worked!"
Luo Ya sprang up from the sofa, her little face flushed with excitement.
Beside her,
Wei Gong was astonished to discover that within his body, which had long since become that of an ordinary person, a mysterious power was slowly awakening!
It was precisely the long-vanished—
[The ideal land that stands apart from the world (Avalon)!]
What was going on?
Wasn't this thing used to sacrifice and repair Earth?
Wei Gong found it somewhat unbelievable.
After the final battle back then, the entire Earth had fallen into an apocalyptic collapse.
To restart the world, he had treated his spiritual foundation, all the Noble Phantasms on his body, and everything else as sacrifices, finally exchanging them for the peaceful, ordinary life he had now.
Among them, [Avalon], which could block all magical and physical attacks, had been one of the most precious sacrifices.
Only then had he been able to perform a miracle beyond magic!
"Alaya, was this your doing?"
A guess surfaced in Wei Gong's mind.
After sacrificing everything, all of his [existence] had vanished.
The Heroic Spirits who had once fought alongside him had all forgotten him.
But now, Alaya had released videos, awakening the memories those Heroic Spirits had lost and granting him a sense of existence once more.
In other words, he had returned to Human History, and even the spiritual foundation he had sacrificed could return through this!
The phantom of [Avalon] hidden within his body now was the best proof of that return.
"Are you trying to make it up to me?"
Wei Gong's feelings were complicated.
Back then, carrying the mission of saving the world, he had walked through one Human History after another, growing stronger at an astonishing speed.
The "Justice Partner" who had fulfilled the dreams of countless people had ultimately ceased to be merely one person.
He had become the ultimate mythical battle weapon forged from the convictions of countless humans and the hopes entrusted by countless Heroic Spirits.
Using a human body to slaughter gods!
Unfortunately, all of that was long gone. Now, he was merely a half-crippled, nameless nobody.
Had Alaya released these videos to make it up to him and let him return to his peak?
Watching the king in the news broadcast smile brightly, Wei Gong sighed. "Your strongest guardian knight can't protect you right now. Just let me go home and grow sweet potatoes..."
"You protected me and protected everyone else. Why should we enjoy all of this while you remain nameless?"
Facing the camera, Artoria issued an extremely bold declaration.
The earlier knighting as a Knight of the Round Table had not been a traditional knighting, but something closer to a summoning ritual.
As long as the other party answered, she could summon them directly before her.
Unfortunately, that person had refused.
But it didn't matter.
Artoria still had a trump card: the scabbard she had implanted in the other party's body when they parted.
The historical records about her stated—
Losing the scabbard had been the reason for her death.
She had searched for it for an extremely long time, yet had been completely unable to find it.
After watching Alaya's The Perfect King video, she had finally remembered everything.
If the world was treated as a network and the other party as a phone, then the scabbard was equivalent to providing her with a signal marker.
"I found you, Nameless!"
Artoria gazed toward the east.
She vaguely sensed that the scabbard was located in Fusang State, Dragon Country.
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