What a Mess in Your Circle / The Price of Betrayal

Zeus didn't actually do much. After all, although he had learned Fujimaru Kyoya's hacking techniques, his computing power was far inferior to Fujimaru Kyoya's. Could the help he provided be limited to that?

"What a joke! You've already lost your personality and have no gender, so I'll completely degrade you into a female."

Zeus transformed into Pile Driver, frantically thrusting like a piston inside Uranus. To others, this might just be a stream of information with nothing interesting to look at, but for Uranus, there was indeed a force ravaging him.

Uranus personality had been completely reset, was now bewildered by Zeus's scheme and had no idea how to handle the situation. Fujimaru Kyoya was not about to let this panic go unchecked.

"Nuclear Weapon Killing Path - Heart-Breaking Path"

Fujimaru Kyoya pressed his palm against Uranus's Core Power Furnace once more. The sensation that made Uranus "palpitate," along with the frantic piston-like movements within its body, seemed to be truly awakening something within it.

I don't want that kind of thing.

Although Uranus did not understand what that feeling was at this moment, it loathed it. In order to suppress Zeus, who was causing trouble inside it, it even gave up control of the Thunder Scepter and focused on suppressing Zeus.

Abortion is absolutely forbidden, except for female abortion.

However, there was one thing it didn't know: Zeus was able to live so long because of his teacher, Fujimaru Kyoya. And now, the Thunder Scepter was in Fujimaru Kyoya's hands. Even though the Gundam didn't have a mouth to laugh like EVA, the surrounding Gods all felt a chill.

Perhaps it was because of Zeus's piston-like motion that Uranus felt a strange chill. He tried to escape, but Fujimaru Kyoya locked him up from behind.

"Did you sense what I was about to do? Is there still a remnant of your personality in your database?"

Fujimaru Kyoya understood perfectly well that Zeus could never have done such a thing; he must have used some despicable and shameless means. As for what Zeus's means might be... Fujimaru Kyoya knew it almost without even thinking.

"Uranus, from now on you'd better turn your Asshole Facing West."

Under Fujimaru Kyoya's control, the Thunder Scepter had flown to Uranus's feet, with countless bolts of lightning converging at its tip, and the powerful voltage aimed at Uranus's groin.

"Warning... High-energy reaction below, warning..."

"Stop warning, just go to heaven, Ultimate Bladder Sword!"

With Fujimaru Kyoya's command, the pent-up energy finally erupted, golden light shooting towards Uranus's lower body. This attack was incredibly powerful, and the surge of electricity further stimulated Uranus's data, allowing Zeus to begin his pounding even more recklessly.

"Boom!"

Under such a powerful blow, Uranus, the first King of Gods, was defeated, and his Trident fell into Poseidon's hands. Zeus seized the last chance to escape from Uranus's body, taking a woman with him.

Hmm? Female?

Chapter 293 The Entertainment Circle is Truly Chaotic

"You are Aphrodite?"

At this point, Uranus was completely frozen and unable to move. Not to mention, all of the old guy's top-tier equipment had been destroyed. Even if he got back up, it was uncertain who would defeat whom.

Only then did Fujimaru Kyoya realize who the woman in front of him was.

The legendary goddess of beauty Aphrodite, is perhaps best known by her Rome name, Venus.

In Greek mythology, Kronos, in an attempt to defeat his father, killed his father's bull with a sickle, and the bull, falling into the water, became Aphrodite.

From then on, Aphrodite was born as the goddess of beauty, while Uronus, whose ox had died, awakened the "feminine" within him and was no match for Kronos, so he could only flee and disappear without a trace.

Of course, this is just a legend from later generations, and there is bound to be a big difference between it and the historical truth. I just didn't expect the difference to be so great.

After all, the main mechs of the Machine God wouldn't have something as strange as a bull on them, not even the Nu Gundam. Where exactly did Kronos cut the bull from? Now it seems the source has been found.

Fujimaru Kyoya glanced at Zeus. Just now, Zeus had used Violent Intrusion method to awaken the "feminine" within Uranus. However, the remnant of Uranus's personality rejected this, so it expelled a part of its body and the corrupted personality from its body.

So in the actual history, Zeus off his grandfather's bull and then blamed it on Kronos, which was... brilliant.

Fujimaru Kyoya nodded in satisfaction. Although the method was a bit shameless, it wasn't unacceptable for a king.

However, considering that Aphrodite seems to have married Vulcan later on, but then cheated on him with Ares during the marriage... this is a mess, Fujimaru Kyoya lazy to care.

"Now that Uranus has been defeated, we've obtained what we needed, and we've even gained Aphrodite as a fighting force, now we..."

"No rush, your mechs still need to be repaired, don't they?"

Fujimaru Kyoya certainly wanted to give Kronos a good beating, but the reality was quite different. They had been wandering around for an unknown amount of time before encountering Uranus. Even though the flow of time inside Tartarus was different from that outside, Kronos could very well have already broken free of his seal.

Faced with a fully activated Kronos who might even use "Suck-Suck Fun" on Gaia, the Earth Mother Goddess, Fujimaru Kyoya and his group would need some time to recover.

"We've already used up a lot of time. Rather than recovering from our injuries outside, we should recover here and save as much time as possible."

Fujimaru Kyoya looked at the Gods had consumed a lot of Mana. Fortunately, the Machine God could recover from their injuries by consuming Mana, and Mana power only needs time to recover.

Fortunately, time is the one thing Tartarus has no shortage of.

"Going on a shopping spree at the supermarket."

A furious roar came from Mount Olympus; it was Kronos, who had broken Gaia's seal. For this King of Gods who dared to kill even his own father, killing a horse was no problem at all.

"Do you still think this is the age of the Earth Mother Goddess? Tiamat of Mesopotamia has been exiled. If you hadn't come to stop me, that would have been fine, but now that you've chosen to die, don't blame me."

This time, Kronos won't waste resources like he did with Uranus. Besides, Tartarus is only effective when it holds one person; putting this old man in there will likely result in both old men coming out in the end.

Since that's the case, we might as well let him "devour" it.

Destroy all the parts with personality, absorb only pure power to strengthen your body's performance, because in this world, only power is reliable.

Brothers, wife, children... they're all just a bunch of trash who want to harm him.

"Human desires are like a boulder rolling down a mountain; once they start, they cannot be stopped."

Gaia understood that this outcome was inevitable when it descended to Earth; personality was something that shouldn't be needed for the Machine God.

The birth of a personality merely allows a child who has only been born a short time to wield enormous power. The most powerful of these children then desires to remain powerful indefinitely, while the other children will resent this. Eventually, when conflicts erupt, a new leader is born.

He will continue down the same path until he is overthrown by the next generation of child kings, and so on and so forth.

This was something Gaia did not want to see, but it was something she could not stop. As Kronos said, the era of the Earth Mother Goddess had passed.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again.

Even if Zeus could defeat Kronos, would Zeus then follow in Kronos's footsteps?

Gaia thought of Fujimaru Kyoya, the God of Foresight who had foreseen this situation and perhaps had the opportunity to change this law.

Let her wait and hold onto hope.

"Can't find those little bastards? Did they hide inside Tartarus?"

Kronos, as the King of Gods, is the most powerful life form on the Greek land. In his perception, there is no trace of him on this Greek land. Instead, he finds those Traitors.

He wouldn't go to a dangerous place like Tartarus, but it's a place with nothing there, and nobody would stay there unless absolutely necessary.

They'll come out sooner or later, but before that...

"We were originally one fleet, weren't we? Now is the time to restore our strongest form."

Kronos looked eastward, to the territory of Koios and Phoebe. Although they hadn't attacked Kronos in the previous battle, their inaction under those circumstances was undoubtedly a betrayal of him.

"Oceanus holed up at sea? What a ridiculous fellow. Without that Trident, he wouldn't pose any problem for me even at sea, and he's gathered so many humans... Is Prometheus's watchful eye?"

The thought of Fujimaru Kyoya reminded Kronos of the humiliation he had been forced to drink the Welcome Wine not long ago.

"You think you can take down that Old Bastard with a few little bastards? Prometheus, you seriously underestimate the King of Gods."

Kronos immediately headed east. Although he said he looked down on Fujimaru Kyoya, he would never dare to start a war without being fully prepared.

There's no way around it, this guy is too cunning.

Chapter 294 The Price of Betrayal

Ocean God Okeanos been quite unhappy lately. He couldn't hide the fact that Kronos had broken the seal from him. The moment Cronus broke the seal, he immediately started "Suck-Suck Fun" Gaia and headed towards Koios. Clearly, he wasn't going to miss any opportunity to become stronger.

"Koios, you're still too naive."

Oceanus angrily rebuked his brother's naiveté, saying that there were not many ways for the Machine God to improve their strength. Uranus was not satisfied with just equipping himself with a set of top-notch gear, which led to Kronos's rise to power.

Now, the dragon-slaying hero has become the dragon himself. Koios still hasn't moved on from the past; he has not only harmed himself but also his friends.

"Metis, how are the preparations going?"

Oceanus asked his daughter, and although Oceanus had many children, the one who pleased him the most was Metis, the Goddess of Wisdom.

"Father, the Underwater Fortress is complete. If things truly become impossible, we can take a portion of humanity and leave this place."

"I feel relieved to leave it to you."

Oceanus understood that the chances of his success in a war with Kronos were slim, but for the sake of his children, he began preparing to build an Underwater Mobile City early on.

If he were truly dead, then these children could lead humanity to live in the sea, and with enough human faith to stabilize his Divinity, his children could continue to live.

"Return quickly, Zeus, time is running out."

At this critical juncture Oceanus, unusually, began to anticipate the so-called "curse." If Zeus was truly destined to defeat Kronos, then he hoped that day would come as soon as possible.

This wasn't Oceanus was afraid of dying, but because he hoped that as many of his children as possible could survive.

The wait was always long. After defeating Gaia, Kronos did not spend much time finding Koios. After killing the originally neutral couple, he seemed to have reached some kind of limit. He waited for a long time in the Far East Land before setting off again.

Has it reached its limit?

Oceanus speculated on Kronos's state at this moment, after all, the technology of "Machine Body Fusion" was originally a technology for a group of Machine God to work together to fight against foreign enemies.

When they lacked the concept of personality, they were invincible. But once they had personalities, they developed their own thoughts and intentions, and were no longer pure. Naturally, they could no longer use a deadly move like "Machine God Fusion".

At this time, Kronos was in the same situation, forcibly placing the cores of so many Machine God inside his body, requiring the power of the god to suppress and integrate them, which was an absurd waste.

This is why Kronos doesn't need a personality and only retains the core; even so, he still needs some time to adjust, but this time is not long.

Time flies, especially for creatures like the Machine God, who have long lifespans and a weak sense of time.

They've arrived.

"Oceanus, today you will pay the price for your betrayal."

The Kronos man hadn't arrived yet, but his voice already reached us, filled with uncontrollable rage. As he hurtled towards us, countless islands were smashed to pieces.

He was too big.

"Kronos, your final form, now that you've devoured the Mother Goddess, is truly hideous."

Oceanus didn't hold back his taunts, because at this moment, Kronos was indeed too bloated. Even though he had devoured very few parts, his powerful Mana still made his original Mecha Core bloated, and the scattered Mana turned into Mana and disappeared into the air as he moved.

"Still being stubborn? Power is everything, form is just an illusion. We've all been fooled by Prometheus. If we had merged the moment we arrived on this planet, we could have flattened it and used it as our base. We wouldn't be so constrained."

Oceanus's idea was "naive" in response to Kronos's words. No matter how primitive the environment was, a planet's Counter Force could not be without a trump card to deal with alien invaders.

In Oceanus's view, what Fujimaru Kyoya did back then was absolutely right. When the newly arrived Machine God began to invade Earth, even if they established some advantages in the early stages, they would inevitably be defeated as time went on.

Not to mention that the fleet war at that time had just ended, and it was not suitable for continuous combat, especially since it was an extremely disadvantageous away game.

Fearing that his current position would be usurped, he was unable to trust anyone and could only cling to the one force he could believe in—this was Kronos's fate.

Oceanus couldn't help but marvel at the power of the defeated man's words, which had led Kronos to this point.

"Further words are useless; let's start the war."

The battle at this point was no longer a scenario for human beings. Even though Oceanus had three thousand children under his command, charging in now would only result in them being sent to their deaths.

Delaying is just a delaying tactic.

Oceanus and his wife Tethys persevered, waiting for Zeus to return and bring his forces back to the battlefield.

"Master Mu, that brat Zeus once entered my body. I know better than anyone that he's a coward. Even if he pretends to be resolute, he's actually still a fragile person. Oceanus, you're terrible at judging people."

When Zeus's consciousness entered Kronos's body and awakened his brothers, Zeus was fully aware of Zeus's emotions during this process.

If it weren't for retrieving his own Mecha Core, that kind of coward would probably never have had the courage to face him in his entire life.

"I'm not coming back, absolutely not."

Kronos's voice drowned out the sound of the sea, and his every move triggered countless tsunamis. This King of Gods was more majestic in the sea than Oceanus, the ocean god.

Meanwhile, Oceanus's offspring performed no better than cannon fodder on such a battlefield.

Run away.

Oceanus's order arrived, instructing Metis to take the underwater fortress away. Whether Zeus could catch up or not, this last spark of faith was the hope for a comeback.

"Want to leave?"

Kronos's chest armor opened, revealing a turret that locked onto the underwater mobile city.

Destroy it.

"Boom!"