"Unpleasant."
"Authority activated. Through automatic defense, pulverize the target. Authority: Hades. Decompose the target's matter into its smallest units."
The sudden turn of events angered Zeus as well. Though this Zeus had not discarded his mechanical body and was not the Zeus of Pan-Human History, even a Machine God possessed some emotions. Enraged by humans daring to resist the gods, he immediately unleashed Hades's Authority.
"Raaaargh!"
The Golden Bear, instantly disintegrated from its arms to its body, let out an enraged roar. The Golden Bear, which had been able to restrain the Machine God Aphrodite, was instantly destroyed before Zeus. Such was the Authority of Hades, reducing matter to its smallest units.
"How foolish, child of humanity. None may harm the sky."
"Perhaps that is so. But Zeus, this is when I have to say 'but.' But someone sharing your origins can still strike you with their fists and knock you flat on the ground. That isn't impossible, is it?
Lightning-type Heroic Spirits, climate-type Heroic Spirits, great-soul Heroic Spirits—an immense ritual formed by combining the Spirit Origin fragments of eight Heroic Spirits. And, just to be safe, we forged a connection through Roman Heroic Spirits and guided them into manifestation. Open your eyes and watch closely! Grand ritual: Lightning Induction Chain Summoning!"
Sakata Kintoki's booming voice rang out from the Golden Bear, now reduced to only part of its torso. Once he finished speaking, golden lightning identical to Zeus's suddenly flared around it. At the same time, a golden beam shot from the ground into the sky before diving down upon Zeus from above.
Clang!
Amid a thunderous crash that resounded through the sky, the golden beam revealed its true form. It was a gigantic red mecha, only slightly smaller than Zeus's head, wielding an enormous crimson greatsword as it