Era of Heroic Spirits: I Was Exposed by Alaya

Before the audience could react.

A tall figure silently appeared behind Nameless, his sword crashing down with immense force: "Farewell, Nameless! My blade only reveals its true worth against formidable foes like you!"

"O Aurora, let your strike reflect upon the lake!"

[Arondight Overload!]

An overwhelming surge of magical energy, enough to overload even a Noble Phantasm without regret, erupted wildly.

"Lancelot, since when did you resort to ambushes?"

Yet Nameless seemed prepared, as layers of purple petals bloomed before him—

[Rho Aias!]

Seven layers of purple petals enveloped him completely.

But under the full-force strike of Lancelot, empowered by the Lion King's divine blessing, the petals shattered one after another in an instant.

However.

Nameless remained unfazed, calmly watching as his kouhai stepped forward to shield him.

Her shield radiated boundless power, blocking the ambush.

"That shield of yours..."

Lancelot stared blankly at Mash's shield.

As its magical energy pulsed, he was struck by a deadly sense of familiarity.

"Does it look familiar? It should—this is the very table you Round Table Knights dined upon!" Nameless smirked.

"No! Impossible!"

Lancelot staggered back, his face a mask of shock as he gazed at the girl.

Under his stunned gaze, Mash angrily rebuked him: "You knew the Lion King was slaughtering the innocent indiscriminately. Why did you still aid such tyranny?"

"That has nothing to do with you. My mission is to capture you and bring you before our King!" Lancelot retreated several steps, still unwilling to give up.

At that moment, Nameless spoke with pity in his voice: "Sir, you'd better bow your head and beg for mercy now."

"Beg for mercy?"

Lancelot seemed to vaguely grasp at a certain suspicion.

"Damn you, Lancelot! Both I and Galahad, whose legacy I bear, are utterly disappointed in you!"

Mash grew increasingly furious. "If you have doubts about the King, you should correct them! If the King is wrong, you should fight against her! That is the path of knighthood the King and Nameless taught you!"

"Wait! No, no, that's impossible! That tone of not treating your father as a father, and that hair covering one eye... Could you be Galahad?"

Lancelot grew more and more astonished.

Yes, his son was Galahad!

The so-called perfect knight, praised as the youth who carried the future of the next generation of the Round Table.

A knight without desires or wants, perfect to the extreme!

The shield in his hands—

[Lord Camelot: The Round Table at the Time of Glory!]

It symbolized the spirit of the Round Table Knights where "there is no hierarchy."

It was also the emblem of King Arthur's holy capital, Camelot.

When fully deployed, it would transform into the walls of Camelot.

The stronger your will, the more terrifying its defensive power became, capable of blocking any attack!

Nameless watched him with a smile: "What's the matter? Isn't it a great deal for you that your disobedient, rebellious son has become a daughter?"

"Uh, my son becoming a daughter..."

Lancelot's expression twisted slightly in conflict.

At that moment.

Mash swung her shield once more, smashing it toward him in anger: "Even if it costs me this spiritual foundation, I will cut you down, you stain upon the Round Table!"

"Ah, that familiar sensation of piercing flesh and striking the soul... You really are Galahad!"

Lancelot let out a strange groan.

He took a few steps back and sighed. "Fine, I've been defeated. I am no longer the King's knight! Nameless, I will join you in opposing the King!"

Even Nameless who once taught the king now sought to oppose her, and even his own child was angrily rebuking him.

Then he had no reason to hold on any longer.

The third Knight of the Round Table—betrayal!

The barrage of comments exploded instantly—

-[Holy shit, so Mash's inherited Heroic Spirit lineage is actually Galahad, Lancelot's child!]

-[Damn, this reveal is wild!]

-[Just like Emiya the Great said, the disobedient rebellious son turned into a cute daughter—Lancelot hit the jackpot!]

-[I immediately pointed at my son: Hurry up and change!]

-[As expected, everything was part of Nameless's plan—another Knight of the Round Table has defected! Who's next?]

Under the expectant gazes of countless onlookers,

the group finally arrived at the gates of the Holy City.

A Knight of the Round Table stood waiting at the entrance.

Clad in radiant brilliance, his entire being shone like the sun illuminating the world.

It was the Sun Knight—Gawain!

He glared furiously at the newcomers. "Lancelot, Mordred—why have you abandoned the king's orders? What is the meaning of this? Do you intend to betray our king?"

Yet neither of them answered. Instead, they stepped aside, revealing a white-haired youth.

Gawain stared at him in surprise. "Huh? Why do you look so familiar?"

"Gawain, the one who only knows how to make terrible mashed potatoes, who swore he'd rather die than eat my cooking but still succumbed to the 'delicious' principle—don't you recognize me?" Nameless smirked in response.

"You bastard!"

Gawain instantly realized who he was.

Though he looked slightly younger, that infuriating tone was unmistakable.

He glared at him furiously. "Even if you're Nameless, this isn't over!"

How dare he insult Gawain's proud mashed potatoes? There was no way he'd let this slide.

"Sir Gawain, have you fried your brain with too many potatoes? The one in the Holy City isn't King Arthur—it's a god. Don't tell me you still don't know?"

Nameless looked at him as if he were an idiot.

[Taunt (EX Rank)!]

As expected.

"Nameless, I won't allow you to insult the king or me!"

Gawain raised his sister sword to Excalibur, its blade blazing with light. "Then let me show you the true strength granted by our king's blessing!"

"I, Gawain, am invincible under the sun!"

[Excalibur Galatine!]

A second sun seemed to rise on the spot.

At this moment, he appeared transcendent, bathed in divine radiance.

If King Arthur's Excalibur embodied the gathered light of the planet, then Gawain's Excalibur Galatine manifested the scorching intensity of the sun itself.

Once unleashed, it would incinerate everything in its path!

"Look up to the sky, oh knight who takes pride in justice. Does the sun still shine upon you?"

Nameless recited the words of a certain Grand Assassin while projecting a replica of the sister sword in his hand.

[Excalibur]

BOOM!

The two sister swords clashed for the first time.

The projected counterfeit Excalibur was no match for the genuine article.

In the collision, it shattered instantly under the overwhelming force.

But it was enough.

Nameless hurled the broken projection at Gawain, detonating it midair in a violent explosion.

Under this terrifying bombardment, Gawain's armor was torn to pieces, and he staggered backwards.

A second weapon quietly appeared in Nameless's hand, with a golden sun blooming behind him just like Gawain's.

Countless feathers fell wildly, filled with an indescribable sacredness, yet carrying a bone-chilling silence—

[Azrael!]

The plain greatsword swept across the Sun Knight's neck, slaying him on the spot!

Nameless sighed lightly, "Gawain, you really have gone stupid from eating mashed potatoes!"

"You! You!" Gawain collapsed to the ground with unseeing eyes, his finger trembling as he pointed at his opponent.

Damn Nameless, not only killing but also mocking—how terrifying!

The scene shifted to the distance.

A figure clad in heavy armor, wielding a greatsword, with blue flames flickering in his eyes, stood quietly to the side, watching the battle with deep satisfaction.

It was none other than the Grand Assassin, King Hassan!

Countless bullet comments instantly flooded in—

-[Holy shit! Emiya the Great actually mastered King Hassan's assassination techniques! Assassin Nameless?]

-[Incredible! Even the Sun Knight was slain on the spot by Emiya the Great—he's completely bulldozed through the Round Table Knights!]

-[What would the Round Table Knights feel seeing this? Just thinking about it makes me grin with sheer delight!]

-[With the Lion King's strongest knight defeated, it's time to face the final boss!]

-[A god-tier existence—how can it possibly be defeated?]

...

At that moment.

A figure brimming with infinite majesty, as if standing atop the heavens, appeared on the screen.

This being seemed like a lofty deity, sovereign over the fates of all living things.

Her holy spear radiated boundless power, as if ready to utterly crush and obliterate everything.

What once required the great hero Arash to sacrifice his life to block was now merely a casual, ordinary attack for him!

An overwhelming aura descended, suffocating everyone with terror.

Yes, this was the most fearsome existence in the Singularity—the divine Lion King!

Under this suffocating pressure, Nameless quietly produced a familiar-looking card in his hand.

He raised his head to gaze at the Lion King and declared, "O Lion King who understands not the human heart, allow me to correct all your mistakes!"

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