Fate: Nameless Hero

The extra chapter about the Mother Goddess of Creation, Tiamat?

Sanjiro was momentarily stunned.

Alaya had mentioned at the end of Absolute Demonic Front that a related extra story would be released three days later.

But this was only the second day.

He looked up toward the window, feeling as if he could see a pair of eyes constantly peeking in at him.

Is that you spying on me, Alaya?

Just earlier, he and the brat had been talking about who would make the best "mom."

Kirina had eliminated all her favorite Heroic Spirits one by one.

Those Heroic Spirits were only suited to be admired idols, not caretakers.

Then she brought up a name that utterly crushed all others—

The Evil of Humanity, Tiamat.

The brat listed Tiamat's many virtues, making it sound like there was no choice but her.

The problem was—

The brat was on the same tier as Tiamat, maybe even beyond.

Even with Sanjiro's ultimate form teaming up with Alaya, they couldn't truly erase her, only retire while keeping this nuclear warhead at bay.

If she actually chose Tiamat, how would seniority even work?

Probably… they'd just each call the other whatever they pleased.

And yet—barely three minutes after they finished talking, Alaya released the extra story.

You've got to be doing this on purpose!

Sanjiro suddenly felt an unusual sense of danger.

This is bad!

If it were some other Heroic Spirit, most owed him favors. Even if they came to his door, they wouldn't be much of a threat.

But not Tiamat.

Back in the Absolute Demonic Front Singularity, he had promised her that after the final battle, he would go to the Imaginary Number Space to accompany her.

After he made that vow, Tiamat gave him all her remaining power—to bring Ereshkigal back and make up for regrets.

And to feed power back into the entire world.

Sanjiro successfully repaired the Singularity on the brink of collapse, returning it to human history.

But then… he stood Tiamat up.

He stood up the Evil of Humanity!(L move from him bruh)

Standing someone up is one of the three great constants of humanity—But this was the Evil of Humanity.

Previously, Tiamat had been betrayed by gods and humans alike, and even after voluntarily sealing away 90% of her own power with Self-Sealing, she had almost wiped out humanity.

Sanjiro sighed softly:

"Alaya, I think you're really trying to stir up some big trouble here."

With his shattered Saint Graph and crippled body, how was he supposed to face the Evil of Humanity?

"It really is strange… we just talked about Tiamat, and Alaya's already updated early!"

Kirina couldn't help glancing out the window too.

"Could she really be watching us?"

"…"

Sanjiro suddenly wondered—was this brat about to break free from her own seal? Otherwise, how was her clairvoyant foresight getting so accurate?

"Forget it. I'm not a Heroic Spirit anyway, much less a Boss. I'm completely beneath Alaya's notice."

Kirina shook her head, her golden twin tails bouncing like they were begging to be grabbed.

She went straight to the living room and turned on the big flat-screen TV.

If you're going to watch an Alaya video," you might as well do it cinema-style for maximum enjoyment.

After all, the video quality was unbeatable, the details flawless.

Opening the video, the opening credits appeared—

[Absolute Demonic Beast Front Extra Story – 'Mother Goddess of Creation']

[This extra story is told from the perspective of the Mother Goddess of Creation, Tiamat, showing events different from those seen by the Nameless Heroic Spirit!]

"Well, well, why don't you just start from the literal creation of the world?"

Kirina muttered casually.

After all, she was called the Mother Goddess of Creation—if it really told the story from her perspective, it would take longer than all the previous videos combined.

And then—

The moment the video started, she was stunned to see the entire world engulfed in primordial chaos.

It actually was the beginning of the world!

Sanjiro, setting aside his own worries for the moment, was just as shocked:

"They're really starting from creation itself!"

How long was this going to take?

Luckily—

That scene flashed by quickly, and soon it jumped ahead to the birth of gods and humans. Tiamat created numerous mighty deities and the many lifeforms of Mesopotamia.

The grand creation myth unfolded before everyone's eyes—

Blorbo-[Impressive, they really are starting from creation. Tiamat's amazing!]

BabySlaneesh-[Here we go, my favorite part—the extra stories! The last one revealed the Lion King's true identity as the mastermind. What bombshell will this one drop?]

FuyukiGasLeak-[Is Tiamat going to descend? If she does, we're all finished!]

SuckDickGoldie-[Relax, if she descends, she'll only be looking for Nameless—the one who stood her up!]

Countless viewers immediately clicked in to watch this mysterious and powerful Evil of Humanity.

On-screen—

As the Mother Goddess of Creation, Tiamat looked on warmly as countless lives flourished.

But—

As the gods grew stronger, the betrayal finally came.

The great and terrible War of the Gods began.

In her fury, the Mother Goddess gave birth to eleven terrifying beasts to battle the gods.

These beasts were created from her own essence—far stronger than the beasts Nameless and others had faced before.

The clash brought heaven and earth to ruin, nearly destroying the world.

In the end, Tiamat chose to withdraw, and the god Marduk struck off her head with a giant axe.

Her undying soul was exiled by the gods to the Imaginary Number Space. Her body, meanwhile, was split in two to create Mesopotamia's heaven and earth.

At Chaldea—

Da Vinci nodded:

"A classic creation myth—very similar to the Greek tale of Uranus and Gaia shaping the heavens and the earth."

"Indeed, most mythologies have similarities," Dr. Roman agreed.

It wasn't surprising at all.

Every culture had sun worship, great floods, and similar myths. It was human imagination converging in the same patterns.

Only the responses differed, showing the unique nature of each people.

The video continued.

In the Imaginary Number Space where Tiamat had been exiled, a figure appeared before her.

He had long golden hair streaming down both sides of his back. His body was massively tall and muscular. In his chest was an enormous purple-red eye, taking up most of his torso.

On each hand he wore ten rings.

He radiated endless evil energy—just looking at him felt like seeing countless snarling Demon Gods gathered into one terrifying whole.

Above his head, Alaya had helpfully labeled him—

[Demon King · Goetia]

The comment barrage exploded—

SergeantSaunders-[Holy crap, this is the Demon King? Why does his hair look like golden twin tails?]

FateShit-[Hey, hey, why is Tiamat so beautiful and you so ugly? You're disgracing the Evil of Humanity!]

AlphaSigma-[He actually went straight to Tiamat—can the Evils of Humanity cooperate?]

MonaLigmaBalls-[Even Tiamat was just another piece in his game? So did he actually become Gaia or not?]

Roman, usually calm and composed, went slightly pale at the sight of him.

Almost unconsciously, he slipped the hand wearing a ring into his pocket.

As expected, the day had come—

The Demon King who sought to incinerate the Human History and annihilate humanity had appeared in overwhelming form.

"Demon King Goetia!" Mash stared at him intently.

It was this terrifying final boss that had driven her senpai into countless desperate battles.

Her gaze shifted to the rings on his hands—they looked strangely familiar…

Mash glanced at the doctor beside her.

After finishing Absolute Demonic Front, she had remembered a dream. In the dream, Dr. Romani Archaman appeared in a completely different form.

He spoke coldly:

"Mash, just as humanity has no future, you have no future. Death is coming for you."

She had asked, confused:

"Why would you say something we both already know?"

As an artificial human, Mash's life was burning out at unprecedented speed—she knew she didn't have long.

He continued:

"Since death is inevitable, and all life grows only to meet disappointment, humanity truly has no meaning. But if all existence is preserved in one unchanging state, then true eternity can be achieved!"

She had woken up with a jolt at his laughter.

He had the exact same face as Dr. Roman, but spoke such cruel words.

Saying humanity was meaningless, that life was born only for death. Everything about it was impossible to accept.

Mash now looked at the doctor beside her, feeling like he was shrouded in layers of mystery.

Heroic Spirits didn't dream.

If they did, it meant another Heroic Spirit or deity had acted on them.

For example, the Flower Magus Merlin was a master of pulling people into dreamscapes.

So what exactly had that dream meant?

As she pondered—

On screen—

The Demon King gazed at the Mother Goddess of Creation before him:

"Mother of creation, betrayed so cruelly… I understand your rage and hatred!"

He waved a hand casually, and countless images began to flash by.

It was exactly as before—

The Mother Goddess of Creation was betrayed by the gods, struck down by Marduk's great axe, and exiled to the Imaginary Number Space.

Her body was used as soil to nurture life.

She had given birth to gods and all living beings, only to be cast aside as a stumbling block, treated as the greatest obstacle.

Hum—

A gleaming golden Holy Grail appeared in the Demon God King's hand, which he gently placed before her.

"Now I give you the coordinates to return. Return! Indulge your vengeance! Destroy human history! Slaughter those gods and humans who betrayed you!"

Human Order was already beginning to collapse, birthing one Singularity after another.

This gave the banished Tiamat the chance to return from the Imaginary Number Space to the human world.

She reached out and took the Holy Grail, speaking softly:

"Aaaaa (I need a pair of eyes)."

Her voice, incomprehensible to humans, was helpfully translated by Alaya so that the audience could understand.

"They have already been prepared for you."

The Demon God King's surroundings shone with mysterious light.

A phantom river formed, flowing endlessly into infinity.

An image appeared.

It was exactly the scene at the end of the Oldest King video—Nameless sacrificing himself to unleash the Sword of Rupture, severing the bond between gods and man with a single swing.

And the Chains of Heaven—Enkidu—was the very embodiment of that bond.

Executed by the gods, he intended to reclaim the concept and select a new vessel.

But Enkidu had willingly sacrificed itself, allowing Nameless to sever the bond completely.

The divine weapon made of clay returned to the earth, its dust drifting down across the land.

The King of Heroes could only watch as two dear friends departed forever, returning alone in solitude to Uruk.

Hum—

After everyone had left, a mysterious power stirred.

The scattered earth gathered of its own accord, reshaping into Enkidu's form.

It vanished suddenly, arriving in the Imaginary Number Space. Unfortunately, it was already dead, the soul long gone, leaving only a fragmentary essence.

The Mother Goddess of Creation placed the Grail upon its chest, where it became its heart.

She gently blew a breath over the clay doll.

Thump—thump—thump—

The divine weapon's heart began to beat once more, and its eyes opened.

Once green, they had now turned violet.

"Aaaaaa (From now on, you will be called Kingu. Take my eyes and walk among mankind)," Tiamat spoke.

Tiamat, who had once held little hatred even when betrayed, was now overflowing with endless wrath, grief, and malice.

The audience comment barrage exploded—

EXRankDegenerate-[The mastermind is the Demon King! It's all your fault—turning the gentle Tiamat into the Evil of Humanity!]

InterdimensionalFBI-[Poor Kingu, just a substitute for Enkidu—a complete tool.]

PostNutRealityMarble-[They probably chose Enkidu's corpse to create Kingu because of its connection to Nameless.]

FifthTimeGooning-[Makes sense—Nameless bears the mission of protecting humanity. Choosing Kingu is definitely sinister intent!]

…

"So that's the Demon King and the Mother Goddess of Creation?"

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at the two beings of unimaginable power with interest.

She faintly sensed that if her nine tails were fully gathered, she might be able to stand alongside them.

"The Demon King, like Nameless, can traverse human history, descending at any point in time. It was he who personally went to deliver the Grail," Merry nodded.

Tamamo-no-Mae looked at her in surprise.

"So… you can travel through human history too?"

Don't forget—in the earlier Singularities, she had traveled from Avalon 1,500 years ago to Uruk 4,600 years ago.

That was reversing time by more than 2,000 years!

"Of course not! My method is much clumsier—it's basically running there the hard way using magecraft."

Merry looked a bit embarrassed.

Even as a Grand Caster Candidate, she was far inferior to the Demon King.

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Just then—

On-screen—

The Demon King spoke his final words:

"Mother Goddess of Creation, vent your rage to your heart's content. I will awaken more gods and Evils of Humanity, and incinerate all of human history!"

With that, his figure vanished, flowing along the river of time to another gathering of gods.

Kingu left the Imaginary Number Space, returning to the human world.

A very familiar figure appeared in the Imaginary Number Space—

It was Merlin!

With a wave of his staff, endless flowers bloomed, and Tiamat who had been forcibly awakened by the Demon King was lulled back into slumber.

Tamamo-no-Mae stared at her in amazement.

"You… actually did something good?"

It wasn't just her—the entire comment barrage erupted in disbelief.

Countless onlookers couldn't believe their eyes—since when did "Merlin, pinnacle of bastardly" ever do anything decent?

"Hehe, someone as kind-hearted as me could never do anything bad," Merry said, batting her innocent eyes with feigned sweetness.

Tamamo-no-Mae immediately shivered.

Looking into those red eyes, she couldn't help but think of the Demon King's red eyes.

Too terrifying—that faux innocence was unbearable.

The video continued.

Time passed as the slumbering Tiamat lay dormant.

It moved forward to the time when Nameless displayed Grand-class charm, easily winning over goddess after goddess, conquering the entire Three Goddess Alliance.

Ereshkigal, Quetzalcoatl, Ishtar, Jaguar Man—each goddess was swayed.

Even Gorgon, who most desired the destruction of humanity, was half-won over—that was her rational side—

Ana!

Nameless led a host of deities to defeat Gorgon, restoring her rationality.

And Gorgon had wielded the authority of the Mother Goddess of Creation to create her beasts freely.

Once she was defeated, Tiamat slowly opened her eyes.

Merlin, who had been maintaining the illusion, suddenly felt uneasy.

"She's waking up again?"

Smack—

Tiamat slapped him like a fly, swatting him into powder on the spot.

Thus, the Grand Caster Candidate began the Grand Marathon from Avalon—

His true body running from Britain all the way to Uruk!

The audience commentary burst out—

TooHotToPeg-[Damn, the Grand Caster Candidate is no more than a fly in Tiamat's eyes!]

GoatedBalls-[Tiamat didn't just go easy—she poured the whole Pacific Ocean!]

RebelliousExecutive-[Finally, justice! Merlin has been punished by Tiamat herself!]

FifthTimeGooning-[So… how long did Merlin run the marathon?]

…

"Ah, no wonder Nameless calls Merlin the Grand Marathon Runner!"

Kirina tilted her head.

After Tiamat was sent to the Underworld, Nameless had immediately called her that.

Credit to Merlin for at least doing one good deed—

Otherwise, without Nameless there, Tiamat would have swept the whole world.

Then—

She froze for a moment, reaching up to grab her golden twin tails.

"Come to think of it, the Demon King's weird hairstyle really does look like twin tails!"

"…What's wrong?"

Sanjiro looked at the little loli's twin tails, his heartbeat suddenly quickening.

"It's nothing, just… I feel like the color's a little similar to mine."

Kirina glanced at him oddly.

"By the way, you keep staring at my twin tails—are you thinking about grabbing it and treating my hair as a steering wheel again?"

"Pfft, of course not! I was just thinking—he's so ugly. Ugly enough to never show his face in public. There's no way to compare him to you!"

Sanjiro instantly switched on full flattery mode.

"Hmph, of course. I'm the number one beautiful girl in the world. That terrifying Demon King has no right to be compared to me!"

Kirina accepted his praise as only natural, tilting her chin up proudly.

At school, she was one of the top prettiest girl, often called a princess by many.

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On-screen—

The earlier brutal battles flashed by.

Tiamat walked silently toward Uruk.

Even the combined gods could not stop her.

In the end, Kingu sacrificed herself without hesitation, transforming into the Chains of Heaven to halt her advance.

Tiamat gazed silently at her.

Only then did everyone understand what Tiamat had said long ago—

"Aaaaa (Child, I have always been watching you, because you are my eyes)."

Kingu's greatest despair had been that she could not hear Tiamat's voice, believing herself abandoned.

Yet in Tiamat's eyes, she was her most precious pair of eyes, allowing her to see the human world from the Imaginary Number Space.

She had never abandoned her from beginning to end.

The Lahmus were never truly her children—merely sinful incarnations tainted by the Demon King.

"Ah, poor Kingu. If she knew this, she probably wouldn't have betrayed Tiamat," Kirina said softly.

The Lahmus, from birth, were pure embodiments of evil without reason or will.

Only Kingu was Tiamat's proudest child.

"Indeed."

Sanjiro nodded.

Kingu's betrayal of Tiamat was rooted in the Lahmus' treachery.

She was then saved by Siduri, awakening the remnant of Enkidu's memories within her, which led her to choose self-sacrifice.

He glanced down at his belt.

It was likely for this very reason that Enkidu could be revived and return.

Within the NegaGenesis barrier, Sanjiro and Tiamat spoke—

"When I fight my last battle, I'll probably go to the Imaginary Number Space to accompany you. Or… you could come find me."

Tiamat gave up all resistance, allowing Gilgamesh to wield Ea and exile her to the Imaginary Number Space.

Everything had finally ended.

"Aaaaaa (Don't forget me)!"

Tiamat's final gentle farewell shattered the hearts of countless viewers.

Once again betrayed by her children, she still, despite possessing power enough to destroy humanity effortlessly, forgave them without hesitation.

"What a truly gentle Mother…"

Kirina couldn't help but wipe away tears at the corner of her eyes.

This was the very image of the perfect mother—allowing humanity to leave her embrace and fly freely.

Just as she had said—

"Don't go, don't leave me, and don't love me anymore…"

Humanity had grown up, said goodbye to childhood, and no longer needed their mother's protection…

Kirina looked at Tiamat, now exiled to the Imaginary Number Space to endure eternal solitude, and asked in confusion:

"So… will she descend to the human world to find Nameless?"

Earlier, Nameless had promised her that once the Demon King was dealt with, he would go to the Imaginary Number Space to accompany her—clearly, he had broken his word.

"She probably won't…"

Sanjiro's heart tightened, feeling a deep, dangerous premonition.

If the Evil of Humanity were to descend in full force, who could resist her?

The video was not yet over.

In the Imaginary Number Space, there were no living creatures and no concept of time.

Only endless, unbroken solitude.

Exiled there, Tiamat could occasionally catch glimpses of the outside world.

Countless images flashed past.

She saw the Greek gods watching a certain human boy.

She saw the Empire build by the First Emperor heading toward a strange, hopelessly stagnant future.

She saw Britain's King, who after death had become the Lion King.

The rapid images suddenly began to slow.

Tiamat's purple-crimson cross-shaped eyes met the Lion King's saintly blue eyes:

"Aaaaa (Do you also choose to protect humanity?)"

"I am something created by humans. Without humans, even a god like me could not exist—so I will protect them at any cost."

The Lion King looked at her calmly.

"But unlike you, I will choose only a small number of humans—those who commit no evil, who do not touch evil, and who never tire of doing good—and I will exist eternally with them."

"Aaaaa (You really don't understand the human heart, or humanity)," Tiamat replied.

"That doesn't matter. I can preserve humanity forever within my Holy Lance—they cannot betray me."

The Lion King answered coldly,

"And you—though you created humanity—were still discarded like trash. You are the one who truly doesn't understand the human heart!"

The two strongest bosses of their respective Singularities had thus begun a conversation across timelines!

Countless viewers suddenly realized—

ICastFart-[No wonder the Lion King knew who the next Singularity's foe was—it turns out they'd once told each other they didn't understand the human heart!]

DefinitelyNameless-[Stop arguing—you both really both don't know people's hearts!]

FuyukiGasLeak-[If you ask me, Tiamat understands the human heart better—her gentle motherhood makes me want to be a rebellious child!]

FifthTimeGooning-[But the Lion King's proud coldness also understands the human heart—(and no, I swear I'm not a masochist!)]

FateShit-[New guy above, your kink is showing.]

"So… even Tiamama said you don't understand the human heart?"

Mordred turned to stare blankly at her Father.

The first to say it had been Tristan—who regretted it the moment the words left his mouth.

Later, she herself had said it during the battle at Camlann.

Never in her wildest dreams did she expect that even the Evil of Humanity would say the same about her father!

"…"

Artoria's expression remained calm, but inwardly she felt deeply awkward.

She had thought this conversation was private—there was no way anyone else would ever know. Yet Alaya had exposed it for all to see!

The Lion King was already her biggest embarrassment, and now it was layered even thicker.

Originally, after the airing of Absolute Demonic Front, the influence of the previous Singularity had diminished greatly—yet Alaya was deliberately dragging it back up for repeated humiliation.

As if afraid the whole world might forget!

Artoria's saintly blue eyes looked calmly at Mordred.

"So… why do you call her 'Tiamama'?"

Your Father-King is right here, and you openly betray me?

"Hmph, she has way more maternal instinct than you—she's way more suited to being a mother!" Mordred answered without hesitation.

If she had been more gentle and caring back then, would Mordred have needed to rebel at all?

"Don't forget—that's the Evil of Humanity. If she descends, she will threaten the very survival of mankind!"

Artoria reminded her icily.

Three days without discipline and little Mo-chan really wanted to start trouble again.

Was her holy sword not sharp enough, or could her holy lance not pierce through her defenses anymore?

"I know that, obviously. Besides, she can't come to the human world anyway," Mordred replied casually.

For humanity, Tiamat was the greatest obstacle to the development of civilization.

And for Tiamat, unless she destroyed humanity, she would remain forever exiled to the Imaginary Number Space.

It was an irreconcilable problem.

However—

Nameless had made a promise to her earlier and failed to fulfill it. Who knew if she might actually descend?

If she really did descend… and tried to take Nameless away, who could stop her?

Mordred fell into deep thought.

One of the Evils of Humanity—no matter how strong she became, there was no way she could stand against that.

The video reached its ending in the blink of an eye.

In the Imaginary Number Space with no concept of time or space, the Mother Goddess of Creation would continue her eternal solitude…

Against the backdrop of the lonely Tiamat—

A line of text appeared—

[Next Episode Preview]

[This time, their path leads not to the dusk of an age… but to its blazing dawn. The true Age of Gods—where divinity walks the earth, and the skies themselves tremble beneath their rule.]

[As the gods, defeated by the spearhead of the Foreign Star, approach their destruction alongside human history, a true Hero appears.]

The narration ended, and the screen abruptly began to darken.

Countless people began speculating wildly about what the next preview meant.

A certain figure had already, without a sound, crossed the entire Pacific, from United States to Fuyuki City.

The God of War looked over the peaceful city, a smile tugging at his lips:

"Nameless… let's see where you think you can run!"

A crippled Heroic Spirit with a shattered Saint Graph—how could he hope to fight a god?

Ding—

The God of War glanced at the prompt on his watch:

"[Absolute Demonic Beast Front Extra Story – 'Mother Goddess of Creation']? Whatever—Tiamat can't descend anyway. I'll catch Nameless first!"