-911- For this, let's have a battle!

On the vast battlefield, whether it be the army of Dragon Tooth Warriors, Celtic soldiers, or the dragons and wyverns, all had disappeared, leaving behind a desolate and pockmarked landscape.

In the very center of this desolation, the pitch-black magical mist still lingered, with colossal tentacle-like Demon God Pillars standing tall, emitting furious roars one after another.

Solomon hovered in the middle of the Demon God Pillar cluster, looking down at the front.

There, a group of summoned Servants either stood in direct opposition to Solomon or soared on the golden Argo ship.

This group of heroes, all for the sake of protecting one person.

The one ruling over them was, after all, a human.

Solomon watched as these summoned Servants appeared one after another, each hero stepping forward to protect Rozen. Though his face showed only an indifferent calmness, his eyes revealed genuine displeasure.

Of course, this wasn't because Solomon felt obstructed.

As one of the original Seven, a celestial being directly chosen by the Root, the ultimate weapon to combat the great catastrophe threatening the entire primate world, Solomon, holding one of the seven seats of the grand-class, usually found all other Servants, regardless of their numbers, to be beneath his notice.

Not to mention that Solomon could summon a total of seventy-two Demon God Pillars, each possessing combat capabilities comparable to several powerful Servants. If he were to summon all of them, even hundreds of Servants might struggle to resist.

Furthermore, the term "Seventy-Two Demon Gods" did not refer to quantity but to a concept. No matter how many were defeated, the number of Demon God Pillars would always be maintained at seventy-two, ensuring they were summoned continuously and without reduction.

Thus, Solomon probably had the capability to face hundreds of Servants and still emerge victorious.

The strength of the Grand Servants was at such a level.

Even so, Solomon still felt unpleasant about it.

"I don't understand, truly don't understand."

In front of all the heroes, Solomon made this inquiry.

"You are clearly heroes from history, legends of great valor. Although, based on the nature of the Servants, they cannot maintain existence without a human Master and need dependence to manifest in this world. However, even so, there is no reason for you to unquestioningly obey a mere human, let alone sacrifice your lives to fight for them."

Solomon questioned them in this way.

"Where is your dignity?"

"Where is your conviction?"

"Just because human history is being incinerated and the history of humanity is to be denied, you're willing to submit, becoming nothing more than a dog to humans?"

"Like this, can you still call yourselves heroes? Can you still claim to be legends?"

These words were bitter to the extreme, malicious to the utmost.

Perhaps it was because the heroes before Solomon were from Indian and Greek mythology, often having connections with gods, being descendants, continuations, or incarnations of them. They were somewhat distinct from humans, so Solomon questioned them in this manner.

And what Solomon said wasn't entirely wrong.

Even though they were weapons summoned by humans, each Heroic Spirit had their own dignity, their own beliefs. There was no reason for them to unquestioningly follow a mere human.

But...

"Then I also want to ask, why do you detest humanity so much?"

Scáthach raised her magical spear and pointed it at Solomon.

"If you intend to burn away human order and deny human history, then you must have a reason, right?"

These words immediately gained approval from Karna.

"Indeed." Karna also raised his divine spear, questioning Solomon. "Just because you hate it, you want to bring about the end of the world. If it's for such a simple reason, with your power, you could easily eradicate humanity in the present world without going through the trouble of burning away the entire human order and negating human history."

Exactly.

If Solomon merely hated humanity, he could use his power to eliminate humanity directly in the present world. It should be quite easy for Solomon with his power.

However, Solomon did not do that. Instead, he traced back through time, through history, and burned away not only human order but also human history itself.

This couldn't be explained by a simple hatred for humanity.

Rama also agreed with this statement.

"If you detest the people, there is no reason to become a king. If you detest the world, there is no reason to become the representative of the gods. Your actions are contradictory to your deeds in life, and I need to ask you for an explanation!"

Rama raised the Immortal Blade, pointing it at Solomon while shouting loudly.

"O King of Israel! O King of Magecraft! Why do you want to burn away human order? Why do you want to deny humanity?"

Rama's loud questioning made Sita, Heracles, Atalante on the Argo, Medea, and even Jason on the side all turn their gazes towards Solomon.

Of course, Mash also stared at Solomon, seemingly eager to hear the answer from him.

In response...

"Why? Are you actually asking why?"

Solomon did not evade the question; instead, he responded from a commanding position.

"Of course, it's because the existence of humanity is meaningless!"

This was something Solomon had mentioned when he first appeared.

"These eyes can see the past and the future. From the moment life was born on this planet to the extinction in the future, the entire history of humanity is imprinted in my vision."

Solomon's voice became extremely cold.

"But what I see is nothing but despair and hell."

Wasn't that only natural?

"For the sake of fighting over food."

"For the sake of fighting over land."

"For the sake of fighting over treasure."

"For the sake of fighting over fame."

"In addition to that, there is robbery, deception, manipulation, concealment. For the sake of satisfying their own desires, humanity has been repeating ugly acts of self-mutilation."

"What I see is exactly that kind of thing."

Solomon spoke with a strong sense of abhorrence.

"For the sake of surviving, humans can kill each other."

"For the sake of gaining value from one thing, humans can harm each other."

"The so-called history they have built is all based on sacrifice, death, and the ugly mutual slaughter. Then, they all die within a hundred years, unable to take with them what they gained through slaughter during their lives."

"Since that's the case, why should humanity fight each other? Why should they compete for resources on this planet until the very last second?"

"This is the greatest waste, the greatest blasphemy, the greatest disrespect to the world!"

Solomon completely denied the value of humanity.

"During my lifetime, I watched all of this and wanted to change it. That's why I became a wise king, and in order to teach the true values, I spread wisdom, hoping that humanity could become an ideal existence."

"However, no matter how hard I tried, no matter how wise I was, no matter how much I taught, what I saw was still the irredeemable ugliness and strife of humanity. I saw a future filled with blood and tears."

"Humans are just repeating foolish actions, destined to die, die, and die in the end!"

Solomon arrived at the conclusion that humanity and the future were irredeemable.

"In my last moments, witnessing such a scene, I finally concluded that both humanity and the future are already beyond redemption!"

Solomon declared coldly.

"So, all humans must be killed. It's a necessity. If not killed, it won't work. On the surface of this planet, not a single living being must be left!"

That's why Solomon decided to burn away human order, creating seven Holy Grails sent to different eras, completely distorting human history, and burning away human order.

"In this way, the ugliness and wickedness imprinted in my eyes will completely disappear, without leaving a trace!"

Solomon declared in this manner.

To this, Rozen finally spoke.

"I see."

"In other words, because you find the humans you see annoying, you want to eliminate all of them?"

Rozen summarized Solomon's words thoroughly.

"Hahaha!"

Solomon was slightly surprised but immediately burst into laughter.

"That's right! That's the correct answer!"

While laughing, Solomon admitted.

"Humans are annoying, so they must be killed!"

"Human order is annoying, so it must be burned away!"

"Like dealing with locusts, humans need to be driven away. For you humans, I will exterminate you!"

"That is my reason!"

Solomon laughed loudly.

Upon hearing this...

"In that case, we have nothing more to say to you."

Scáthach expressed it this way.

"You are an enemy."

Karna confirmed the same.

"I will never allow you to arbitrarily deny the value of humanity, let alone allow you to destroy the world where Master resides."

Rama spoke decisively.

"We must stop you, Mage King."

Sita also voiced her opinion.

The rest of the Servants also raised their weapons again, facing Solomon.

Even Jason, after realizing Solomon's madness, gave up on himself as if he had resigned to his fate.

"Death... has no meaning...?"

Only Mash, seeming unable to deny this statement, revealed a complex expression in her eyes.

In the end, even Rozen raised his eyelids, looking at Solomon.

At this moment, Rozen's gaze towards Solomon was as complex as Mash's, but absolutely not approving.

Because if the survival of humanity was truly meaningless, then Rozen's own existence would be the biggest joke.

"Originally, I, who should have died meaninglessly, miraculously came back to life, and now I have found the meaning of existence."

Rozen spoke in this way.

"If this is something you deny, something you deem worthless, then now I will start to deny you with all my might."

This was the only thing Rozen could do.

"Come!"

Rozen ignited the fighting spirit within him.

"For this, let's have a battle!"