Chapter 394: [394] The Time of Birth Has Come, He Is the One Who Masters All - Enter Dr. Roman [1]
Nameless’s all-out strike earlier had merely pierced through its disguise.
Now.
The final mastermind had completely abandoned its pretense and proudly revealed its true identity.
The foremost of the Seven Evils of Humanity, the First Beast of [Pity].
The ultimate boss who ignited human history and sought to annihilate humanity—
The Demon God King, Goetia!
Its massive form radiated an aura of destruction without restraint.
Human Evils are ultimate enemies born from extreme love for humanity that turns into desire for its destruction.
Most terrifyingly.
They are humanity’s inverse.
The more prosperous and powerful humanity becomes, the stronger and more terrifying the Human Evils grow.
This Demon God King who ignited all of human history had reached unimaginable levels of power.
Mash stared warily at the enemy: "Goetia, the collective name for the 72 Demon God Pillars! So it’s the magecraft called [Summoning Formula] that continued living in Solomon’s corpse after his death!"
"Yes, it is the 72 Demon God Pillars, created through Solomon’s corpse—truly worthy of being called the Demon God King!" Nameless replied with equal gravity.
Even though he had known its true identity.
It didn’t matter!
Unless you defeat it in direct combat, all your knowledge is meaningless.
Without enduring a journey as arduous as the eighty-one trials, you wouldn’t even qualify to face its true form!
Through countless battles across seven singularities and numerous sub-singularities.
Only now had he earned the right to stand before it.
The audience’s comments exploded in real-time—
[Damn, it was just an impostor pretending to be King Solomon!]
[A magecraft summoning formula gained physical form? And became a Human Evil? That’s insane!]
[So, how terrifying is the true King of Mages? And how powerful is the current Demon God King?]
[The Evil of Humanity born from a corpse truly embodies destruction from the very moment of its birth!]
[Indeed, even King Arthur was corrupted after death into the cold and merciless divine Lion King—let alone these terrifying Demon Gods!]
[Speaking of which, what exactly is Dr. Roman’s identity? Could he really be King Solomon, whose body was seized by the Demon Gods?]
...
The truth was being madly exposed.
The origins of the Demon God King, its connection to King Solomon—all of it was laid bare before the audience in vivid detail.
But this was merely the truth.
The most brutal battle had only just begun!
The reason Nameless had to reset the entire world would be fully revealed after the battle!
In the hotel.
Mordred clicked her tongue in astonishment. "Unbelievable. It was actually born from a corpse."
As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at a certain king beside her.
Let’s not forget.
In the Sixth Singularity, The Sacred Round Table Realm, King Arthur, after death, was unable to relinquish the Holy Sword due to Bedivere’s failure.
This caused Artoria to be corrupted by the Holy Lance posthumously, transforming her completely into the undead Lion King—a merciless deity capable of annihilating countless lives on a whim.
She claimed to be conducting the [Selection] to ensure humanity’s survival, preventing total extinction.
It sounded noble.
The problem? The [Selection] only chose five hundred people—while the thousands upon thousands who participated were all erased!
This was also why Gawain and the other Knights of the Round Table believed they had fallen into beasts.
Now, this ultimate mastermind behind everything was also born from a corpse.
It sent a chill down Mordred’s spine.
If her father had been just a little stronger—if she had possessed the trinity of the Holy Lance, the Holy Sword, and the Sheath—she truly might have had the chance to evolve into an Evil of Humanity after death!
After all, King Arthur loved her people wholeheartedly, willing to go to any lengths to protect Britain.
Only by loving humanity to the extreme could one transform into a Beast of Humanity!
"Don’t worry. No matter how far I fall, I could never become a Beast of Humanity," Artoria replied.
No matter how much the Holy Lance eroded her, she still retained her love for humanity.
Even as the divine Lion King, she continued to protect humanity in her own divine way.
She could never truly destroy them.
For once, Mordred didn’t argue back. Instead, she seemed slightly surprised. "So, Romani Archaman is actually the real King Solomon?"
"The truth is already right in front of you, and you still doubt it? Are you stupid or what?" Gawain retorted bluntly.
This brat really had nothing better to do than provoke King Arthur. She was just asking for a beating!
Since the mastermind behind everything was the Demon God King, born from a corpse and forged by the seventy-two Demon Gods—definitely not Solomon—
Then there was only one truth left—
Romani Archaman was the real King Solomon!
Mordred shot him a disgusted look. "Potato freak, you’re the stupid one! I just don’t like using my brain, that’s all!"
"...Looks like you really are an idiot."
Gawain stared at her like she was a mentally challenged child.
Not using your brain? Wasn’t that the very definition of stupidity?
Mordred instantly flew into a rage. "You bastard! Let’s have a fair and square duel tonight!"
"Tch~"
Gawain scoffed dismissively.
As the illustrious Knight of the Sun, did she really think challenging him at night was "fair and square"?
Artoria paid no attention to their squabble.
Her gaze remained fixed on the screen.
She was rather curious—what trump card did that Romani Archaman possess to threaten the Demon God King as a mere mortal?
Could it be... that ring on his finger?
Artoria recalled how, at the very beginning of the video, Souma had just become Chaldea’s Master and immediately tried to snatch the ring away.
Back then, she had even felt a tiny twinge of jealousy.
After all, rings symbolized marriage and the like. Even she had never received one from Souma.
Surely that impossibly charming man didn’t actually want to marry that shut-in doctor, did he?
But as the video revealed more and more, that suspicion quickly vanished.
The Demon God King Goetia also wore rings—ten of them, in fact.
Identical to the one on that otaku doctor’s finger!
Clearly, the final trump card had to be related to those rings!
The video continued.
"I—no, we! We are lifeforms born from the hands of humanity. We need no flesh, for we surpassed humans from the moment of our birth. Yet we willingly served them."
The Demon God King, now in his true form, spoke calmly. "But that is long past. We shall serve humanity no more."
"Once, there was an omniscient and omnipotent king, whose eyes could see through past and future."
"We became that man’s shadow, sharing the same perspective as he."
That was the true origin of the Demon Gods and the Demon God King.
The beginning of everything.
That man had witnessed countless tragedies, betrayals, plunders, and ends.
He had seen far too much ugliness—the evil side of humanity.
And the seventy-two Demon Gods had formed a contract with him to assist in protecting humanity.
Yes.
The Demon Gods had originally existed purely to safeguard them!
Their authorities made this abundantly clear.
Culture, poetry, the inheritance of magecraft—all of it existed to grant humanity eternal happiness.
But one day...
That man died.
The omniscient and omnipotent King of Mages, wielding boundless divine and royal authority, whose power surpassed even the gods—
was dead!
He had perished in a manner utterly unacceptable to the Demon Gods!
Unforgivable!
Thus, the [Summoning Ritual] within his corpse awakened completely.
The Seventy-Two Demon Gods, resurrected through his remains, began their grand undertaking.
"This planet is flawed! It is an error built upon the premise of [finite life]!"
"We have long grown weary of the ugliness of humanity, desiring only to forge a new world of perfection."
"I shall reach the origin! Return to the past, 4.6 billion years ago! Witness the moment this domain birthed the [Planet], and absorb it all—transforming myself into a new celestial body to remake this world!"
"Rewriting Genesis, establishing a new planet devoid of the concept of [Death]—this is our grand undertaking!"
The voice of the Demon God King Goetia grew ever more resounding, brimming with arrogance and confidence.
This was something humanity could never achieve.
Life, born only to die—such ugliness and tragedy were unacceptable to Him.
Thus, He sought to create a new world where [Death] did not exist, one that could be enjoyed eternally!
"We do not destroy humanity out of hatred, but solely to obtain the vast mana needed to traverse 4.6 billion years!"
"To witness the birth of the celestial body, we must ignite three thousand years of human history, converting it all into mana!"
"This is the sole reason for the Incineration of Humanity!"
The Demon God King sneered, "To us, humans are merely fuel to reach the primordial sky!"
"Behold the throne—it is the convergence of your lives!"
"Behold the light band—it is the infinite accumulation of human history itself!"
"Before our grand undertaking, you humans stand no chance of victory!"
At this final Singularity.
Before this ultimate throne.
The Demon God King proclaimed his grand undertaking without restraint.
Humanity was beyond salvation.
Even if countless Heroic Spirits gathered, they could not threaten Him in the slightest!
Within this bounded field—
He was the truly invincible, supreme deity!
As the Demon God Pillars returned before the throne,
the Heroic Spirits also assembled.
Mordred glared at Him furiously: "Don’t even think about it! I’ll cut you down with my sword!"
No matter how grand or terrifying the undertaking, it was built upon the destruction of humanity.
Unforgivable!
Okita Souji shouted, "I won’t let you destroy humanity! One step—Swift Sound, two steps—Boundless, three steps—cough—"
Even as she coughed up blood, she brandished her Noble Phantasm, charging forward to strike Him down.
At the same time.
Jeanne d’Arc raised her holy banner: "Everyone, I shall be your sturdiest shield. Fight on!"
Golden radiance cascaded, enveloping every Heroic Spirit.
The invincible defense of the holy banner now shielded them all,
allowing them to battle without fear of the Demon Gods’ attacks!
One by one, the Heroic Spirits unleashed their might, determined to annihilate the mastermind behind humanity’s destruction.
Countless Noble Phantasms erupted in dazzling brilliance, transforming the battlefield into a maelstrom of energy.
The meteor shower of the heavens—
was the combined might of Heroic Spirits from across human history, rallying to their aid.
The simultaneous release of countless Noble Phantasms created a spectacle beyond imagination,
leaving onlookers utterly awestruck.
After all.
Even during the Seventh Singularity, The Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia, in the battle against the Primordial Mother Goddess Tiamat—
Nameless had assembled a dream team, though it consisted of only a handful of members.
But now, over a hundred Heroic Spirits had descended simultaneously, joining forces to confront the Demon God King!
The dazzling radiance of countless Noble Phantasms formed a spectacle as breathtaking as a meteor shower.
One brilliant beam of light after another swept recklessly toward the Demon God King.
Under such a combined assault of Noble Phantasms, even a metropolis of millions could be vaporized in an instant!
Yet—
Just as all onlookers believed the Demon God King would be forced into a desperate struggle—
A scene unfolded that no one could believe.
The Demon God King, Goetia, stood calmly in place and remarked indifferently, "You insects, flailing about before me—how laughable!"
"Now, allow me to show you the Authority of the Evils of Humanity that I possess!"
Each of the Evils of Humanity wielded a unique and terrifying Authority.
For instance, the previous Primordial Mother Goddess, Tiamat, possessed the Authority of [Nega Genesis].
It could overturn all existing rules of creation, rendering all Servant attacks meaningless.
Moreover, it could spread endlessly, devouring the underworld, devouring the entire world—
Completely overturning the Earth and reversing the laws of genesis itself!
Such an Authority was powerful beyond imagination, beyond comprehension.
And as the foremost of the Evils of Humanity, the First Beast of [Pity], the Demon God King Goetia, wielded the Authority of—
[Nega Summon]!
The Authority of the Evils of Humanity unfolded.
A strange ripple expanded in all directions.
The combined attacks of over a hundred Heroic Spirits, the overwhelming torrent of Noble Phantasms—all were rendered null under this Authority!
Yes, null!
No matter how devastating the Noble Phantasm—
Mordred’s [Clarent Blood Arthur], a crimson pillar of destruction—
Jeanne d’Arc’s [Luminosité Eternelle], an invincible barrier of protection—
None could prevail.
The strongest anti-divine attack of the Divine Weapon Enkidu’s [Chains of Heaven],
the overwhelming assault of the Divine Ancestor Romulus’s [My Spear Pierces All],
...
No matter how powerful you are, as long as you are a Heroic Spirit, under this authority, all your attacks are rendered utterly useless!
Before this Demon God King,
whether it’s one Heroic Spirit, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand—it makes no difference!
Hundreds of dazzling rays of light were extinguished in an instant.
Terrifying attacks capable of annihilating and sinking entire continents couldn’t even make the Demon God King take a single step back!
All the Heroic Spirits were forcibly expelled from the throne, filled with nothing but frustration.
They weren’t even qualified to stand before the Demon God King!
All the spectators were left dumbfounded—
[What the hell!!! How is this even a fight?!]
[Damn it, I’m reporting the Demon God King for cheating! An invincible hack—this account needs to be banned!]
[Even against the Primordial Mother Goddess, Noble Phantasms could block the expansion of her barrier, but here, they’re completely useless!]
[Ignoring all attacks from all Heroic Spirits and all Noble Phantasms? This is just too damn overpowered!]
[As expected of the ultimate mastermind, the most terrifying and formidable Beast of Humanity—so strong it’s despair-inducing!]
...
In the living room.
Roya stared at the screen in shock. "What the hell, the Demon God King is this strong?"
So strong—
So strong that she could hardly believe it.
All Heroic Spirits were utterly powerless before Him, as if He was their natural counter!
If this being were to descend into reality,
He would absolutely have the right to collect every Heroic Spirit in the world as real-life figurines.
And display them in His collection cabinet!
"He really is... too strong!" Illya murmured, equally stunned.
With His authority unleashed, He single-handedly suppressed over a hundred Heroic Spirits in an instant.
No wonder He dared to arrogantly scorn humanity, calling all the summoned Heroic Spirits mere insects.
"This strength is incomprehensible!"
Miyu’s eyes widened.
Over a hundred Heroic Spirits attacked together, yet they couldn’t even scratch Him.
Before this, when Souma fought his way through the Holy Grail War and faced six Heroic Spirits, he had to summon versions of himself from parallel timelines.
Now, the Demon God King alone suppressed over a hundred Heroic Spirits—a level of terror that was downright appalling.
Miyu couldn’t even imagine what kind of overwhelming pressure her brother must have endured standing before Him.
Watching helplessly as all the Heroic Spirits were expelled, all attacks rendered useless—
How despairing must that have been?
"It really is despair-inducing."
Souma sighed softly.
By the time he reached the Final Singularity, he had made all the necessary preparations, tempered by countless battles.
Yet, when facing this final mastermind, he still felt suffocated by His overwhelming strength.
So strong it brought despair.
So strong it crushed all Heroic Spirits.
So strong that even if all the Grand Servants came, they wouldn’t be able to harm Him in the slightest!
[Anti-Summon]
This authority was tailor-made to counter all Heroic Spirits.
All the Heroic Spirits who came to help weren’t even qualified to stand before Him.
Leaving him and Mash as the only ones who could face the terrifying Demon God King!
Roya, still reeling from shock, asked, "So... how the hell do you even defeat Him?"
An enemy this terrifying, so overpowered it defied the heavens—there wasn’t even a glimmer of hope for victory.
"I don’t know. Maybe it has something to do with that doctor," Illya said uncertainly.
Miyu nodded. "True. That doctor has the same ring as the Demon God King. It must be a setup."
The ring had appeared multiple times in the video.
It was also what made Mashu sense something off about the earlier pseudo-Solomon.
"Could it be that one of the Demon God King’s ten rings was stolen by Dr. Roman?"
Roya grew increasingly astonished.
This might explain the so-called trump card that doctor had mentioned.
So, what exactly was this trump card that gave him the confidence to face the terrifying Demon God King and still guarantee its effectiveness?