What? My cheat code is making my own gold coins explode?

As Gaia raised his right hand and swung his wrists to gather a large amount of photon energy, Aphrodite did not hesitate to call upon Demeter for a final, desperate fight.

Even knowing they are outmatched, they should at least die in battle.

"[You, cultivate the bountiful harvest of the stars!]"

"[You, the heart of the chaotic star]!"

Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, unleashed her powerful energy weapon first. Unlike when she swept through the city of Olympus, this time the weapon was compressed into a single, concentrated attack, which was about to pierce through the two giants.

Aphrodite's Noble Phantasm surrounded her companions, silently attacking the two giants.

However, the next second, as the right palm shifted downwards when the two palms came together, a stream of photons was emitted from the energy band formed between the two hands, directly blocking the Noble Phantasms of the two Machine Gods, and then quickly compressing them back!

"Impossible, impossible, no way!!!"

The infinitely regenerating body of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, was destroyed by the photon stream, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love behind her, was also wiped away, revealing the divine core deep within her body.

"Wu——wa!!!"

Blaze concentrated photon energy in his right hand, creating a double-helix spear of light within the miniature black hole. He then aimed it at the two exposed divine cores and hurled it forward!

Completely penetrated, completely exploded, leaving not even a last word, not even the alien witch had time to record the machine god's last thoughts.

Demeter, the goddess of the earth and harvest, and Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, have been confirmed dead!

Chapter 92: Moral Blackmail

“They’re dead… Sister, those two deities who were so powerful over us are dead so easily.”

Gaia SV, with her Photon Stream, overpowered the two Machine Gods with their Noble Phantasms fully activated. Blaze immediately followed up with a red and blue intertwined light spear that pierced through their divine cores. Then, a welding-like laser and a deafening explosion resounded throughout the entire city of Olympus.

No one dared to step forward to stop them, letting the two giants in the sky fly away and disappear into the horizon as specks of light.

The city was completely undamaged, and no citizens were injured or killed, because Gaia SV's photon stream forcefully pushed the two machine gods out of the city's boundaries, causing the remains of the gods to land in the suburbs.

To witness the death of a god who granted them infinite rebirth is undoubtedly a devastating blow to their faith, which they have upheld for tens of thousands of years.

The only two Lostbelt residents of the God-Breaking Alliance, sister Adele and brother Macarios, both looked up at the spectacular explosion in the sky and stopped their escape.

When the Chaldeans were attacked at the southern end of the city of Olympus, the two remaining natives of the God-Slaying Alliance set out to meet them.

Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, chose to unleash her Noble Phantasm in the southern region, clearing out Chaldea while also forcing out the remnants of the God-Slaying Alliance.

Heaven have mercy! The siblings must have been incredibly determined to rescue Chaldea, who had rebelled against the entire Lostbelt, under the watchful eyes of the gods.

However, judging from the current battle situation, breaking through to the Godhood is very promising, but compared to the arduous and extraordinary journey imagined, doesn't it seem a bit too much now...?

"So easy, so easy it feels unreal, Makarios, this is the closest we've ever come to realizing our dreams."

Wanting to see a tomorrow with new changes, we have been contributing to pan-human history.

If all of human history had the power of those two giants and the virtue of protecting the weak, then the future would surely be even brighter than that of Olympus.

"Sister, do you think those two giants might be new gods?"

Macarios asked a pointed question, and Adele, as the older sister, was momentarily at a loss for words.

The Olympian gods also loved humankind, but they loved them with the "love" they understood.

And what about these two giants of light? Would they, like the gods, regard humans as mere playthings?

Compared to the death of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, which deprived the entire population of the right to be resurrected, Macarios was more worried about whether a new god would be born.

The weak do not have this concern when they win against the strong, but the strong suppressing the strong is terrifying.

"No, that won't happen." The one who answered was Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was following behind the siblings.

After Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, was taken away by Gaia, the Chaldea group led by Fujimaru Ritsuka successfully reunited with the two orphans of the God-Slaying Alliance. The group is still heading towards the God-Slaying Alliance's base, but the siblings have temporarily stopped because they were shocked by the great power of the giant of light.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know who the new Titan was, since it was fighting alongside Gaia, it was someone she could trust.

"Although you are the Master of Chaldea, regarding this matter..."

“You don’t need a reason to believe.”

"Ahem, alright, alright. Anyway, that giant is your comrade. By the way, what you said sounds strange."

Looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka's resolute face, Macarios couldn't help but sigh. Hearing the other's confident tone, it was as if he was the one who had said the wrong thing.

The people of Olympus revered the gods, so they should revere even more the giants who defeated them.

That's how it should be, but having lived in Olympus for tens of thousands of years, his mind is a bit unclear.

But today's scene of destroying the machine god in mid-air made the people of the entire Olympus city realize what it means to destroy a god.

The conversation between the two was fleeting, with only Holmes raising an eyebrow. The group once again intended to destroy the God Alliance's base, but this time not a single regular soldier or civilian stopped them on the way.

The citizens of Olympus were gripped by the terror of the two gods who had fallen on the same day, and were too caught up in the chaos to stop the traitors who should have been captured and killed.

After arriving at the base, Holmes and Mash established communication with Storm Border. Meanwhile, with fewer communication interference particles like those in Atlantis in Olympus, Sion, a member of the Wandering Sea, was able to reconnect with the Chaldeans.

As for the Servants they brought, they all found a place to rest and, incidentally, interacted with the Servant AI left behind by the God-Slaying Alliance:

"Hey, Jason, you actually made it to Olympus alive? Even Captain Drake, who cleared the way for us, arrived safely. Is there some other secret passage that can bypass the Void Cavern?"

"Don't underestimate me, Helena! Even if Hercules is sacrificed, I'll still be strong enough to find new teammates to rely on!"

"Don't use such an inspirational tone to say such subtle things... Speaking of which, even I, as an AI, want to ask, what kind of Servant can help you break through Atlantis?"

"Hmph, not only that, but he also destroyed Demeter and Aphrodite. Fairy, all we need to do is prepare for the final battle against Zeus, the king of the gods, and everything will be fine!"

"Explain in detail, how could someone manifest in the world to fight against a Machine God-level Spirit Origin? Could they be a Grand Rank Spirit Origin Spirit?"

"Then I'll have to have a good chat with you..."

Even though they were separated by two screens, Jason, far away in Storm Border, was still full of energy chatting with AI Helena about the glorious deeds of foreigner Zhao Si.

Jason's speech attracted all the remaining AI Servants of the God-Breaking Alliance, including but not limited to Edison, the representative of direct current, Tesla, who claimed to be a human myth recreating Zeus's thunderbolt and was then struck down by Zeus, Mordred, the rebellion specialist, Sakamoto Kintoki, and Minamoto Yorimitsu, who overflowed with maternal love.

Especially when he heard that the foreigner's physical body was not even fourteen years old, Minamoto no Yorimitsu's eyes would light up with pity, even if it were an AI. It was too terrifying. Fortunately, this guy is not here now, otherwise Jason would not dare to say more.

Servant and Servant AI, those who arrived first and those who arrived later, exchanged information. At the same time, Fujimaru Ritsuka also exchanged her experiences in the Atlantic Lostbelt with Sion. The entire God-Breaking Alliance base had a somewhat noisy atmosphere like a vegetable market.

Holmes watched all this with a smile, his mind filled with thoughts of Ultraman Gaia, which Fujimaru Ritsuka had explained to everyone on the way—a fantastical species existing in fantasy tokusatsu, yet which had actually come to life in the real world.

And, completely irrational, it won't fall as long as there are people supporting it.

So Holmes turned to the two Olympian natives beside him and asked:

“Mr. Marcarios, Miss Adele, if we tell the citizens of Olympus about the power of the giants, will they convert to their faith?”

Holmes thought it was still somewhat possible that neither Ultraman Gaia nor the newly appeared Ultraman would cause any loss of life.

"Huh? Mr. Holmes, even we feel that such a giant inspires more fear than awe."

Adele stared in disbelief at the great detective's smiling face. The latter, however, didn't seem to care much; it was just an experiment, and if possible, he could always keep a seemingly useful trump card.

"As a second choice, if an enemy from outside the Lostbelt invades, and even the great god Zeus is defeated, would you then seek help from the giant Gaia?"

Having regained his memories as an alien apostle, Holmes inevitably considers the alien god as a hypothetical enemy, and the Imaginary Tree in the Atlantic Lostbelt is very likely the body through which the alien god descends.

If, after the Chaldeans had defeated Zeus, the king of the gods, the Imaginary Tree were to have its fruits picked by an alien god, that would be truly unsatisfying. It would be as if all the Chaldeans' hard work had ultimately been used to clear obstacles for the alien god.

—As an alien apostle, the great detective who always thinks of Chaldea is still speculating about the strength of the alien god.

"The gods fell at the hands of giants...maybe, after all, they were a group of pitiful people who couldn't survive after losing their faith, living with the gods for tens of thousands of years, with no prospect of change in the future."

Macarios replied that he and his sister Adele were the only two outcasts in all of Olympus, constantly helping Chaldea and wanting to see a different future.

In their view, this change was worthwhile, but in the eyes of the other residents, the siblings were undoubtedly traitors to the entire Olympus, for they were the ones who led the destruction of the unchanging and prosperous life of the gods and men.

"In fact, as ordinary residents, people sing praises to the gods every day because everything we have is indeed a gift from the gods: technology, architecture, food, culture, magic, and many other things that belong to us. Perhaps all that remains is our souls, which are still separated from others. No, even our souls are controlled by the gods. They regard everything we have as their rightful playthings because everything we have comes from their rewards."

Macarios spoke at length as he sat on a bench with his sister Adele.

By pan-human historical standards, the two were handsome and beautiful, with brown hair and blue eyes, but in the context of Olympus, they were considered ordinary faces.

Obviously, since it exists as an object of appreciation, it must be born and grow in accordance with the aesthetics of the machine gods, and then use its great power to protect the humans it "loves".

This was the way Zeus, the king of the gods, loved people in his own way, driving believers of opposing factions to Atlantis and placing creatures he liked in the city of Olympus.

Humans cannot demand how Zeus, the king of the gods, should act, because everything that humans in the Lostbelt have is given to them by Zeus.

Without experiencing Sephalus's devastation of all the pantheons on Earth, there would be no possibility of humanity—the Holy Sword Wielder defeating Sephalus appeared.

Because he could not see the potential of the still weak human race, the benevolent and stern king of the gods, Zeus, decided to rule over humankind rather than coexist with them.

"I understand this, I understand this."

Meanwhile, after finishing her conversation with Sion, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who had asked him to upgrade Mash's equipment, came over. Regarding the points of contention in the Atlantic Lostbelt, Fujimaru Ritsuka summarized it in one sentence:

"This is what they call, 'I'm doing this all for your own good.'"

I'm doing all this for your own good, can't you just listen to me?

Using this kind of logic to manipulate those who are loved, the infant, knowing full well that the other person has good intentions and is wholeheartedly devoted to them, cannot refuse.

Not only in Lostbelts, but also in the vast history of humankind, there are countless examples. In Lostbelts, the one who holds this idea and acts dictatorially in the name of "love" is Zeus, the god-king who suppresses everything by force.

"Compared to the Qin Dynasty Lostbelt, the cities are more beautiful, the quality of life is higher, and the people are freer, but in essence, there is no difference between the two..."

As Mashu was upgrading her exoskeleton, she thought of the people in the Qin Dynasty, who were imprisoned in a small cage by the First Emperor.

Zeus, the king of the gods, became even more lenient, and he imprisoned the people of Olympus in an even larger cage.

“Miss Mordred, do you remember what we experienced in the Great Qin Lost Zone?”

"How could I possibly remember something like that? Besides, I'm just an AI. Don't look so disappointed. It's too much to ask an AI created from a Servant that has reappeared in the world."

Mordred turned her head away, not daring to meet Mash's gaze.

Holmes then picked up where Mash left off:

"Yes, the First Emperor eventually descended to earth and met his end with his people, but Zeus, the king of the gods, obviously could not do that. He was indeed capable of creating such a utopian city that was extremely rich in both material and spiritual resources—but in my opinion, he himself was the only powerful force that destroyed utopia."

The people living in Olympus were free to develop their own interests and hobbies, and free to acquire knowledge, but they could not disobey the gods.

This was essentially a no-brainer, because the citizens of Olympus were taught from birth to worship the Greek gods.

Even after spending ten thousand years in Olympus, he would still return as a giant infant in swaddling clothes, guarded by the gods and unable to leave his cradle.

“After this faith is shattered, they will fall into a long period of panic until they spontaneously seek a new faith that can rival the faith of the Greek gods—am I right, Miss Adele?”

Holmes shared his conclusion with Adele, who seemed hesitant to speak. After a moment's thought, she nodded in confirmation.