Artemis spoke with a booming voice to Zeus.
Her reconnaissance units were constantly watching her lover behind her.
Even when facing the Sovereign, who was a progenitor-class Machine God.
She felt no fear, but rather a burning fire, a desire to protect him even if it meant being shattered.
Ah, so that's how it is?
The Moon God understood at this moment.
She knew why her beloved had rejected her.
So, it was all this simple.
"So that's how it is, you've gone mad. I thought you were merely imitating, just playing... Now, this isn't the gods judging the world, but a myth reenacted! My beloved daughter, my kin, since you declare rebellion here, I can only grant you annihilation."
A hint of annoyance entered Zeus's tone.
It wasn't born from being controlled by lower-level programs, but from an anger that arose from his own being.
He knew why Artemis was acting this way.
This was undoubtedly a program modification.
To overwrite her destined program for a single man, to offer such pure love to a human.
To a Machine God, such an act.
Was no different from going into a berserk frenzy.
"Artemis... doing this..."
"My dearest, why the sad expression? Now we can fight side-by-side! I, in the end, couldn't bear to watch you die before me..."
"You... if you didn't modify your program... you could have at least continued to operate as a Machine God in this Greek divine realm..."
Moran could also guess that she had modified her program.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to defy fate and appear here.
"Yes, I could have, but that would have been the Machine God Artemis. I can't do that anymore. Because, my dearest, you taught me what love is, and I want to be a goddess who belongs only to you, so I will fight to save you!"
Artemis spoke in a light and gentle tone.
She had understood what love was.
She could no longer be as cold and unfeeling as before, no longer endure eternal coldness.
"Gods... are really reckless..."
"You call me reckless, my dearest, but you're even more reckless! Look at you now, all bruised and battered..."
Moran knew he couldn't persuade her.
Artemis, having modified her program, had no turning back.
Just as he was determined to face the gods.
In return, she was determined to protect her beloved.
In a way, there couldn't be a more fitting pair of foolish lovers, both risking danger to save the one they loved.
[Given Artemis's intervention to protect]
[Zeus further unlocked the battleship's specification authority]
[All authorities such as planetary, spacetime, dimensional, and conceptual were unleashed, solely to annihilate all enemies before him]
[Artemis and Medusa joined forces]
[Even so, you still couldn't withstand Zeus's Divine Might]
[You were merely holding on desperately]
"As expected of my beloved daughter Artemis, to still hold on like this? But, it's almost over—"
Zeus watched everyone bathed in lightning.
Each bolt of lightning possessed power exceeding that of an anti-planet Noble Phantasm.
The humans who had wanted to retreat from this sea had already died, and the Pellasgi had long since become ruins.
"Zeus! Your wish should be to save humanity! If you also possess a heart that loves humanity like Artemis, then stop! Don't you understand?!"
Moran had lost all his strength.
But he couldn't do nothing.
Even if there was the slightest chance to save everyone and bring hope, he would do everything to seize it.
Even if it meant abandoning all dignity.
"A god falling in love with a human is a descent!"
"Father! If we Machine Gods could also possess hearts, then what difference would there be between humans and gods!?"
"Silence! All of you, be silent! Protecting my subjects, guiding humanity, at this moment it is my shame, my sorrow! Humans and gods are different! A god who falls in love with a human will only be a damaged and fallen god!"
Zeus erupted with unprecedented might.
The influence of the Fate program would not end until Moran and the Pellasgi were utterly destroyed.
Words he absolutely should never have spoken.
Things he absolutely should never have done.
Under the influence of the underlying program, Zeus broke the rules. In terms of madness, he was no different from Artemis.
Perhaps he knew that he loved humanity.
But it was already too late.
The influence of commands from Chaos, from the Chaos Fleet, forced him to be bound and controlled like this.
Even if it meant committing the sin of annihilating his subjects.
He could not stop himself.
[In the end, destruction will also arrive.]
[Artemis's machine body is continuously collapsing, and Medusa's scales and wings are also being stripped away.]
[Ten thousand feet of radiance and thunder descend.]
[But, in the end, you will all always be together.]
[You and the other women watched the great god's madness, and the monstrous thunder that was about to pierce the Divine Authority barrier.]
[The ending appears quite clear.]
"Sorry, my dear, I couldn't save you..."
"Don't blame yourself, Artemis. Although you can be willful and sometimes act thoughtlessly like a fool, I have no right to criticize you. You've already done very well."
"Heh heh, my dear, are you praising me?"
Artemis here was a simulated Divine Spark.
She happily had her head stroked by you.
Her true form was transforming into a shield barrier, blocking the lightning.
"However, my dear, please don't think this is our end and defeat. I know your battle will continue, so don't stop, keep moving forward—because what I fell in love with is you, who constantly challenges fate, who is strong and unique."
Artemis gazed at Moran with tender affection.
Through Moran's memories, she knew her beloved was constantly fighting, and she believed that one day he would seize happiness.
Even if the world itself did not permit it.
Her beloved would likely fight against the world until the very end.
Even if she were to be destroyed countless times, she would offer him her blessings and prayers.
"Heh heh, but, being with my dear like this until the very end, I think I wouldn't mind even going to the underworld!"
"Artemis..."
Artemis's face was filled with sweetness.
Moran felt her trust from her words.
Finally, the other women were with Moran, just as their vows had promised.
Watching the cracks on the barrier shield continuously increase, they chatted about ordinary, warm daily life.
It was as if destruction did not exist.
Finally, Stheno, with a mischievous smile, posed a question.
"So, at this very end, let me ask a question? Hehe, Moran, who do you like the most among us?"
"This..."
Moran was immediately choked as if his throat was constricted.
His nearly shattered limbs felt as if they were about to fall apart.
The pressure, a hundred times more terrifying than facing the great god Zeus directly, surged towards him like a flood.
In the end, his elder sister still wore a mischievous smile.
She knew you absolutely couldn't answer this question.
"All units—are—crashing—conceptual defense is about to fail, remaining until collapse—"
[Artemis's machine body's light gradually dimmed.]
[As if to rescue you.]
"All units—terminating—"
[The defense constructed by Divine Authority completely collapsed and dissipated, and the world-ending thunder then broke into this warm space.]
[Tearing, corrupting, everything.]
[Be punished, be destroyed.]
"My beloved daughter, accept the retribution for your twisted and erroneous love—your only end is destruction."
"The divine radiance of the gods relentlessly closes in."
"Gazing at the approaching destructive light, and at the gentle, calm faces of the women before him."
"'As expected, I can't choose between you all. I love every single one of you the most...'"
"You maintained a smile until the very last moment, watching them depart."
"As if bidding farewell."
"Wanting them to remember your strongest and most handsome side."
"The women could no longer hear your words; the thunderous vibrations swallowed your final, sincere words."
"The lightning that shook heaven and earth destroyed everything."
"It wiped out all beings in this world who defied the gods, only ceasing its rampage as the Great Sovereign's madness subsided."
"You died amidst the lightning."
"This earth-shattering war became known throughout all of Greece, and its outcome left the Greek people in shock and trembling."
"The allied forces of the four nations that went to subjugate Pellasgi..."
"Not a single one returned alive."
"Even the island belonging to Pellasgi had vanished without a trace, as if everything had been erased from the earth."
"The Greek people only learned one thing."
"Their ruler, whom they scornfully called the Progenitor of All Demons and who led Pellasgi, had defeated all invading enemy forces, and in the end, the Great Sovereign Zeus descended to deliver judgment."
"It was only by the intervention of the gods that he was annihilated."
"Even if the Greek people didn't want to admit it, your terror and power were etched into their hearts."
"Especially by the Four Great City-States, who lost their entire forces."
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