These words shattered the worldview of countless viewers.
Previously, when the King of Heroes slaughtered two battle maids and took down the demigod hero Heracles, people could still chalk it up to being enemies.
After all, being gentle to enemies is being cruel to oneself.
A group of fans of the Wise King frantically argued: "Killing enemies doesn't count as cruelty," and "It's the Holy Grail War—can that really be called cruelty?"
Veins popped on their foreheads as they argued heatedly.
Then came a string of incomprehensible justifications—
Things like "iron-blooded monarch" and "seeking the Root".
But now…
Gilgamesh's speech in the video, one that could only be described as anti-human, was like a slap to the face of every fan who had defended him.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
It resounded loudly!
The air inside and outside the video was thick with fury as everyone began to criticize—
PostNutRealityMarble-[What king? I saw with my own eyes that you want to destroy humanity. You're being publicly executed.]
CommandSealDaddy-[Damn, I was just defending the King of Heroes with all my heart. Now I realize—the real clown was me?!]
MoonlitGachaVictim-[Impossible! Absolutely impossible! This can't be the King of Heroes I know!]
EXRankDegenerate-[Why do I feel like even the Wise King would want to kill this edgy version of himself?]
…
"Is that really the King of Heroes?"
Mordred couldn't help but rub her eyes.
The contrast was too jarring—she couldn't connect the two as the same person.
"This King of Heroes… is indeed a little strange," Gawain also furrowed his brows slightly.
A King who once loved his people like children and cared for every ordinary person—how could he become so edgy and evil?
And then, the King of Heroes uttered—
"I shall unleash calamity upon the entire world and see how many survive once the useless trash is eliminated. Isn't that interesting?"
Do you hear this? Is this even human speech?
The video continued.
The twin-tailed girl, Rin Tohsaka, couldn't hold back her anger and questioned,
"You're a king! Are you seriously committing mass slaughter of ordinary people?!"
"Hmph! Useless trash runs rampant nowadays. What a miserable age."
Gilgamesh scoffed coldly, his crimson eyes staring at her:
"Back when I ruled Uruk, there were no useless people. Everyone had their place. But now, too many incompetent mongrel like you have multiplied—it's time for me to cleanse the filth personally!"
A flashback of the King of Heroes appeared.
He sat shirtless on the throne of Uruk, gazing at the countless hard-working people.
A faint smile graced his face, as if he were admiring the most precious treasure.
The memory faded quickly.
Gilgamesh sneered at the Holy Grail spewing black mud in the distance,
"Why can't wishes come true? Because miracles and magic always come with a price! To realize one wish, you must sow one despair. Humans are nothing more than insatiable beasts who only bring destruction!"
His stance was lofty, like a god overlooking all living beings.
At this point—
Gawain suddenly chuckled.
"He once hated gods the most, and now he sees himself as one. It's just like the Sumerian gods in The Oldest King who punished humanity!"
"That moment back then is identical to this one," Mordred said, full of astonishment.
"Too similar." Gawain shook his head and sighed, completely disappointed in this King of Heroes who had abandoned his original ideals.
This most ancient King of Heroes—his mother was the daughter of Anu, the King of the Gods.
The gods had chosen to blend the divine blood meant to rule humans and the royal blood meant to lead humans—
Creating a brand new being—
The Wedge of Heaven.
The gods wanted him to suppress humanity, so that mankind would forever revere and worship the divine.
But this king was unwilling to be ruled by the gods, and without hesitation abandoned his duty as the Wedge of Heaven.
He chose to defy the gods.
And yet now…
In this video, the King of Heroes deemed some humans unworthy of existence and casually sentenced them to death.
Those who sought to save others were mocked as "fakes,""hypocrites," and "filthy mongrels."
This King of Heroes—he clearly had forsaken his humanity.
He now stood in the position of a god who looked down on all life, deciding the fate of mankind at will.
The dragonslayer has become the dragon.
By this point, almost no viewers still supported the King of Heroes—
BobUchiha-[Ahhh, I never thought I'd come to hate a heroic spirit this much!]
PostNutRealityMarble-[Damn you, Alaya, you destroyed the King of Heroes I once admired!]
ICastFart-[This is bad. I wonder what the King of Heroes himself would think if he saw this video—would he really go anti-humanity?]
CommandSealDaddy-[Go, boy! Defeat him with all you've got!]
…
Inside the Infinite Tower—
Merlin stared at the video in surprise,
"Oh? The King of Heroes had this side to him?"
In his knowledge, this king was a wise ruler who treated commoners well. But now, he looked even more like a nightmare than the real ones.
No—even true Nightmares wouldn't do something like this!
Nightmares feed on human dreams. They wouldn't go around slaughtering the innocent.
With these words, the Wise King's image instantly collapsed.
Just what had happened in the meantime?
"But I suppose this is good. Since the King of Heroes is now enemies with Nameless, the great show can begin."
Merlin smiled brightly.
Let them fight—the more intense, the better.
Only if they fought to the death would the King of Heroes be more willing to ally with him against Nameless.
"Too bad, though. This Emiya kid named Nameless is just too weak. He can't possibly hurt him."
Merlin shook his head.
He had no hope at all for the boy version of Nameless.
In fact, he'd bet that if this boy could even survive a single strike from the King of Heroes—
No, even if he barely lived through the King's assault—he'd be willing to turn into Magical☆Merry and go meet that top-tier shut-in doctor!
That's how confident he was!
(T/N: Murphy's Law finna clap this man.)
Back on screen—
The battle raged on.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Gilgamesh transformed into the most ancient Gatling gun, relentlessly bombarding his enemy.
Treasure after treasure roared forth, tearing the entire castle to pieces.
The young Shirou saw no hope of victory.
All he could do was dodge desperately, racking up wound after wound.
"A filthy mongrel that only belongs groveling on the ground dares to challenge this king's dignity? How arrogant!"
Gilgamesh looked at him mockingly, clearly treating him as a clown performing on stage.
Buzz~
Another figure descended—it was the adult version of Nameless!
Seeing this figure, Merlin frowned,
"I knew it. No way a mere boy like you could stand against the King of Heroes. So it's the two of you fighting together!"
A slight pity, though—
The timeline of the Unlimited Blade Works video came before The Oldest King.
It was an entirely different timeline.
The Nameless in the video had never traveled to the age of gods, had never met Enkidu.
Otherwise, he could've used Enkidu's Chains to bind the divine-blooded King of Heroes. Still, as long as he and Artoria teamed up, there was great hope of defeating him.
This had nothing to do with the young boy at all!
In the video—
Gilgamesh seemed to sense something, and with irritation said,
"Hmph, you annoying insects one after another—just die already!"
From his golden vortex, he pulled out a weapon shaped like a rod.
It shone with a dazzling blood-red light, brimming with power to rend all things asunder.
It was—
The King of Heroes' most powerful treasure: Ea, the Sword of Rupture.
Seated casually on the rooftop, Gilgamesh looked relaxed as he declared:
"Destroy everything for your king—Ea!"
Ea began spinning violently.
Red light surged like a tsunami, devouring everything in its path.
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Only one chapter this day. Bruh, my net is fucking with me rn.