Yet no one knew that the King had already left the city without a sound!
He had arrived in Fusang State, Dragon Country, half a world away from Uruk.
At that moment,
the King was standing atop a streetlamp in Fuyuki City, looking down at the brilliantly lit city.
A smile appeared on his face. "Nameless, I wonder if you'll still remember me when we meet after 4,700 years."
Earlier, Gilgamesh had issued an announcement saying that he would arrive in Fusang State, Dragon Country, three days later.
In reality, he had already discussed it with Merlin and planned to arrive ahead of time in secret.
That Magician of Flowers had invited him to watch a grand show of filial affection between father and son.
"You foolish magus. Since you dared to think of attacking my Dear Friend, don't blame me for showing you no mercy."
Gilgamesh smiled extremely happily.
Once he captured the Magician of Flowers, he would turn him into a gift for his reunion with his Dear Friend after 4,700 years.
Would that bastard be moved to tears?
Just imagining it filled him with such delight that his entire body trembled!
At that moment,
Gilgamesh muttered in mild surprise, "Oh? Alaya updated another video?"
Atop the streetlamp,
the evening breeze brushed against Gilgamesh's cheeks.
His mood was excellent.
He was about to meet a friend he had not seen for more than four thousand years.
He was also about to capture that Child of Nightmare who understood pleasure yet did not treat people as human beings at all.
Now, he had unexpectedly discovered that Alaya had updated a fourth video.
Only three days had passed since the previous video.
The exposure video of The Oldest King had finally allowed Gilgamesh to recall a portion of his lost memories.
He had actually lost part of his memory. This clearly meant that some kind of upheaval had occurred in the past.
It had most likely been a terrifying disaster that reversed time and restarted the world!
"Nameless, what did you do during that disaster?"
Gilgamesh grew increasingly curious.
Even the dignified King of Heroes had forgotten the other party. This was clearly the erasure of a concept at the level of the world's laws!
Even the Creation Mother Goddess Tiamat could not accomplish such a thing!
That meant—
that bastard Dear Friend had once again created an even more heaven-defying miracle without his knowledge!
Back then, the other party had sacrificed himself and unleashed the power of the Calamity Sword, severing the Human-God Connection with a single slash.
That had allowed humanity to completely escape the gods' enslavement and had also created a future for his Uruk.
Now, the other party had done something even more heaven-defying somewhere beyond his knowledge.
"What exactly did I do wrong to make you disrespect me so much, to the point that you won't even call me your Dear Friend?"
Gilgamesh only wanted to find that bastard now.
He wanted to have a proper talk with him face-to-face!
"The new video is called Unlimited Blade Works?"
He glanced at the video title.
After listening to the opening narration, he completely lost interest.
Gilgamesh snorted coldly. "It's merely a broken cup. Is it really worth plotting over for a thousand years?"
The [Gate of Babylon] he controlled was not so much a treasury where he stored his riches.
It was more accurate to call it [the original source of human wisdom] itself.
It contained the prototypes of humanity's inventions, as well as every treasure from ancient times to the present!
Under these circumstances, how could he possibly care about a broken cup?
"That Lesser Holy Grail has nothing to do with me. I'll go find Nameless and Merlin first."
Gilgamesh gazed at Fuyuki Academy City in the distance.
Earlier, he had pretended to agree to join forces with Merlin against Nameless.
Once they truly met, he could turn around, capture Merlin, and give him to Nameless as a reunion gift.
By then,
the Child of Nightmare who loved using others for pleasure might very well be forcibly operated on by Nameless and turned into [Magical☆Melly].
The thought of that powerful Child of Nightmare, who possessed Clairvoyance just like him, being toyed with in all sorts of ways filled him with uncontrollable delight.
So, my Dear Friend, where exactly are you?
In the video,
a tiny little loli who was not even 1.2 meters tall was hopping through a winter forest.
She was playing a game of finding "walnut winter buds" with her father.
The little loli's soft, childish voice and innocent behavior put countless viewers in a wonderful mood.
[Ah, I'm dead! She's way too cute!]
[Come here, let Big Sister give you a hug. The true "makes you want to have a daughter" series!]
[Officer, please believe me, I'm really not a loli-con!]
[Speaking of which, based on the previous exposure videos, can we infer that the sweeter the beginning, the more tragic the latter half will be...?]
[Shut up! Take down this prophet first!]
"Do you really not remember?" Luo Ya asked again, unwilling to give up.
The little girl appearing in the video was clearly what her best friend had looked like at a few years old.
The first three exposure videos had all featured Heroic Spirits whose names resounded throughout the world, far too distant from her.
But this video gave her the absurd feeling of personally witnessing history.
"I don't remember..."
Ilya's ruby-like beautiful eyes were filled with confusion.
What was the Lesser Holy Grail?
What was the Holy Grail War?
Could it be that I had truly lost a part of my past memories?
The video continued playing.
It seemed that the prophet in the comments had guessed correctly.
The warm, childish daily life instantly transformed into cruel torture.
The Einzbern family began preparing for the Holy Grail War, summoning a powerful Heroic Spirit ahead of time.
Its name was—
[Heracles!]
A figure over two meters tall, with a dark body that seemed cast from steel. Every muscle bulged across his body, radiating an overwhelming sense of berserk strength.
In his hands was an ax-sword two meters long, and his savage power poured out without the slightest concealment.
After this Berserker appeared,
the girl in the video suddenly let out a painful scream.
Her petite body writhed in agony. Blood flowed from her eyes and nose, making her look horribly miserable.
However,
not one of the clansmen standing nearby showed her any sympathy or concern.
They all watched coldly from the sidelines!
The Uploader [Alaya] thoughtfully provided subtitles explaining the situation—
[Servants all receive their magical energy from the Holy Grail, but Heracles was summoned ahead of time, so Ilya is providing all of his magical energy!]
[To make him easier to control, the Einzbern family deliberately had him driven mad, stripping away all reason!]
[Forcibly consuming magical energy to keep the Berserker in this world is no different from consuming the girl's own life force...]
Line after line of explanation made the scene especially shocking.
"How could those people bear to do this!"
Luo Ya's little face went pale.
Making a little loli endure such cruel torture was utterly unconscionable.
It was not only her. Everyone who saw this scene exploded with rage—
[Good heavens, this family is a bunch of demons!]
[You bastards from the Einzbern family! If you have the guts, come at me! Stop torturing the Little Angel!]
[That's the demigod hero Heracles! It's already tragic enough for an ordinary little loli to summon him!]
[MMP, these people are a bunch of utterly heartless bastards! Why hasn't Nameless appeared yet?]
Luo Ya could barely bear to watch.
It was too tragic.
Ilya should have been enjoying the best years of her life, yet she was being tortured mercilessly.
Unable to stop herself, she hugged her best friend beside her. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you!"
"You... are too weak."
Ilya hesitated for a moment, but still said it aloud.
"...That really hurt, sis!"
Luo Ya instantly felt as though she had been stabbed in the chest.
Compared with her genius magus best friend, she really was pitifully weak.
All she could do now was pray that Nameless would descend soon and protect the Ilya being tortured in the video.
However,
summoning Heracles was only the beginning of the torture!
To make Ilya fully control the Servant as quickly as possible, the Einzbern family did not hesitate to abandon her alone in the Winter Forest.
Facing one savage, starving beast pack after another, along with one hideous, terrifying undead corpse after another,
the only way to survive was to summon the Servant before her!
However, the monsters did not give her any time to summon or control him. One after another, they surged forward and launched their attacks.
The girl's back was pressed against a large tree, while hideous beasts and monsters crowded before her.
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