The Machine God Appears; the Moon Goddess Falls [Second Update! 4K!]

The women looked at their husband, covered in wounds, their faces full of heartache.

"Yes, you did it."

"Heh, Medusa, did this count as avenging you for what happened back then?"

"Idiot, I never wanted you to take revenge like this. You've always been so reckless, and now, even at the end..."

Medusa remained by Moran's side as well.

The people around them had yet to recover from the shock of the Great God's disappearance, but Moran knew this was their final time together.

The Machine God Appears, the Moon Goddess Falls! Second Update! 4K!

"Haha, what could I do? That old bastard looked down on my wives so much. As their husband, how could I possibly sit still? Besides, didn't I win against him once in the end? I stabbed him right through the heart, didn't I?"

You showed a proud smile.

When you tried to move and reach out a hand toward your wives, you discovered that your body was nearly shattered.

It was sustained only by your overwhelming immortality.

Calling your condition like a glass ornament that would break at the slightest touch would not have been an exaggeration.

There was something else that surprised you even more.

Stheno and Euryale had come to your side as well.

"Stheno... Euryale..."

"Don't talk. You're already this fragile, so don't waste any more strength speaking~."

Stheno pressed a finger against Moran's lips.

Her expression was exceedingly gentle.

The two women, who lacked any combat ability, had remained in the temple.

Yet now, they had rushed to your side.

You had always protected your two elder sisters. Knowing the end was coming, you could only let out a sigh.

You truly had no way of dealing with these two elder sisters.

They vaguely remembered what had happened in the previous simulation, remembered how they had watched over the fates of their younger sister and younger brother.

This time, they would have no doubts either.

"You really are incredible. When you first came to the island, I had a feeling you would be extraordinary. But I never imagined you would become such a king, nor did I know life could be this happy."

Euryale gently stroked Moran's cheek.

This was a rare moment of tenderness for them.

"If you and Medusa, who protected us, are gone, then we, who have always been protected, should disappear too. As family, we will never be separated."

"Hehe, even at the very end, family must stay together."

Stheno and Euryale said so.

She was not referring only to Medusa and Moran. Atalanta and Medea were family as well.

Those two adorable younger sisters-in-law.

The elder sisters were quite fond of them.

"You two..."

Moran revealed a helpless, bitter smile.

Even at the end, he had no way of dealing with his two elder sisters.

Rumble—!!

Rolling thunder descended from the heavens.

The gloomy, pitch-black sky did not brighten, as though it were declaring that it would reveal even greater despair.

The Children of Olympus, who had been immersed in the joy of the Great God's disappearance.

The enemy troops, who mourned the Great God's disappearance.

At that moment, they all involuntarily raised their heads toward the heavens, witnessing the most unbelievable existence in the world.

"—Supreme God authorization acknowledged."

"—Immediately releasing spatial camouflage of the true body."

"—Spatial expansion. Setting: above the Invisible Sea."

"—Divine true body designation: Zeus."

"—Expanding, expanding, expanding."

"—Nearby lifeforms, withdraw immediately."

That cold, emotionless mechanical voice rang out once more.

As a violent bolt of lightning descended from the sky, everything in the world seemed to lose its color.

An enormous shadow was cast across the sky.

A droning sound that seemed not to exist on this planet continuously entered everyone's ears.

The face of a god appeared in the heavens—

It was the face of a god seated high above the firmament.

Forged from divine steel originating beyond the stars, it was something that could never have been born on this planet.

That was Zeus's true form.

The King of the Gods who presided over the Olympus mountain range, the flagship of a fleet that had crossed the starry sea.

The true body that governed thunder and the sky.

The god's name was Almighty God Zeus.

A great fortress that guided humanity through numerous Authorities and functions.

An annihilation-class mobile fortress for interstellar combat: Zeus.

"Kneel."

"Worship."

"I am Almighty God Zeus."

Zeus looked down upon the tiny beings on the sea.

The divine face forged of steel and metal carried not the slightest warmth, while his shining mechanical eyes brimmed with divinity.

Everyone upon the sea was stunned.

They had never seen such a majestic divine form.

The Children of Olympus unconsciously forgot all else and instinctively knelt before this Machine God.

You and your beloved wives looked up at the sky.

You took in the form of this Great God.

"Hmph! I was prepared for this, but that bastard old man is seriously fucking arrogant. He even carved his own face onto the body!"

Moran could not help laughing as he cursed.

He held no respect whatsoever for this Great God.

Zeus noticed you.

His gaze shifted in your direction.

He already knew that you had killed his simulated Divine Core.

"I am the sky. I am thunder."

"As the Almighty God who governs all things through the sky."

There was no emotional fluctuation in Zeus's eyes.

He did not even possess any anger over having been killed earlier.

He was almost a completely different person from before.

"Ah, how insignificant. For such a human to possess the power to kill my simulated divine body, you may take pride in this great feat. This is the first defeat since I arrived on this planet. To honor your achievement, Almighty God Zeus shall reveal the Divine Might of his true body here!"

Zeus's words stirred the thunder.

Every sentence seemed capable of crushing people into dust.

An utterly obvious killing intent surged directly toward Moran, identifying him as an obstacle that had to be eradicated.

"Great God Zeus! Are you going to bring down destruction? Aren't you afraid that your thunder will harm the Children of Olympus you wish to protect!?"

Moran knew how terrifying Machine God Zeus was.

Every bolt of lightning it fired at normal output possessed planet-destroying power.

If it fought seriously here.

There was no doubt that even the retreating Children of Olympus would die.

And there would be no way for the Agriculture God to resurrect them with his Authority.

"You humans should be reeds that do not worry, do not struggle, do not think, but obey.

Let me alone think. Let me alone suffer.

You need only maintain your existence. So long as you smile and offer your reverence to the gods, it is enough. Though thunder shall cast the Children of Olympus into death, yet—

My people... there is nothing more I can do."

Zeus's words were deep and resolute.

Within them was a lament unlike anything from before.

At that moment, you understood.

The Underlying Program within Almighty God Zeus's Machine God core was operating, and the directive to rebuild the mother planet had become the highest-priority task.

That root command code.

Its weight surpassed Zeus's love for humanity.

At present, Moran had been judged a disaster by the Machine God system, an inefficient flaw that had to be eliminated before the mother planet could be rebuilt.

His love for humanity.

Even though it struggled against the Underlying Program and desired to protect humanity, Zeus had already become powerless against this destiny.

If he had realized it himself.

There might have been a chance for him to forcibly alter the program, but there was clearly no opportunity left now.

"Zeus, as a Machine God, how tragic you are.

Even an Almighty Great God like you cannot escape the shackles of the chaotic source within you."

Moran stared at Zeus in the sky.

He understood that the situation before him had developed beyond all control.

Even if Zeus wanted to suppress the directive.

He likely could not stop it until after this war, and that was only if the God of Chaos had not yet awakened.

If that god awakened, there would be no chance at all.

The difference between Lostbelt Zeus and Proper Human History Zeus was simple: whether they had become aware of the root directive.

Proper Human History Zeus had never thought to alter the directive.

Therefore, he could not defy his instincts.

Zeus began activating the Authorities of the warship.

His chief god functions had been fully released to 35%, and the integration of multiple Authorities was completed in an instant.