Riku's schemes were on a cheat-like level.
That was precisely because he knew he was weak and understood how the weak had to survive.
He had always been cautious and meticulous.
That was how he managed to reach such heights!
But what about afterward?
You could say that his meeting with Schwi of the Ex Machina was fated, and that their relationship was a twist of destiny.
You could also say that the protagonist's halo had finally taken effect.
In the end, someone had to bring that era to an end.
It was the times that created the hero.
And it was also the world's choice!
But...
If Riku himself hadn't possessed that ability,
if he hadn't possessed that possibility from the very beginning,
then let alone giving him an Ex Machina,
even if he had been given a Flügel, or even a Phantasm,
he probably still couldn't have killed the God of War and brought this battle, which had lasted for who knew how long, to a complete end.
Otherwise!
If ending the battle were really that easy...
The god of the Forest Spirits was already very powerful, wasn't he? Why did he still die?
The god of the Dwarves was pretty impressive too, wasn't he? Even one with a name and a history still ended up on his knees, didn't he?
The God of War's cheat-like concept of Divine Marrow had already determined that he couldn't be dealt with by conventional methods.
Looking at it from a more fatalistic perspective,
perhaps he had been waiting for that very moment.
Waiting for the weakest to challenge the strongest—himself.
In the original story, the God of War had indeed been killed by the schemes of Riku and the others.
Otherwise! Once the planet had been pierced by the Star Killer