CK Simulation, Creating the Style of Tsukino Fumi

The reason Quinn wanted to change his mindset instead of directly driving the other party away was simple: as long as he was going to walk on the land of Greece, he would inevitably have to come into contact with these Greek gods. Zeus was always an insurmountable threshold for him because He occupied too large a position in Greek mythology.

Zeus was behind almost every major event in Greek history.

After much contemplation, you decide that you shouldn't let the reputation of the Greek gods limit your actions. Your goal is to become stronger, and how the Greek gods treat you is their business, not yours. Therefore, you decide to stick to your original plan and hone your skills while waiting for the apple problem to unfold.

[You begin traveling between the residences of various artisans in Athens. Using fairy magic and the skills of the divine artisans, you recreate and reproduce various beneficial buildings and equipment that you remember being developed in later times. Thanks to the characteristics of fairy magic, even though many materials and technologies of this era are not up to standard, you still manage to complete the prototypes of many workshops and mills.]

These new technologies of later generations, though not particularly remarkable among the various demonic and supernatural technologies of the age of gods, revealed a novel approach that impressed many artisans. The Athenian artisans, with their new ideas for production, regarded you as the king of Greek ideas and began to frequently use the new ideas you brought to future generations to create more new products.

[In a short time, you became famous in Athens for your unique thinking and extraordinary wisdom. Many skilled craftsmen began to come from other city-states, wanting to explore your ingenious ideas on mechanical technology. All of this was also observed by some people.]

[The patron goddess of Athens is scrutinizing you. Because you possess the quality of "robustness," she believes you have the potential to become a hero. She begins to observe you more closely... Because you lack one quality, she thinks she must be mistaken and decides to look again. The patron goddess of Athens rubs her eyes, making sure she isn't blind, and hesitates. After a moment, she concludes that you still do not possess sufficient qualifications, and the patron goddess of Athens withdraws her gaze.]

Okay, now we can confirm it.

I mostly lack qualities related to wisdom. After all, Athena is also the goddess of wisdom. In addition to liking powerful heroes, she also loves intelligent and quick-thinking scholars.

The King of Olympus is observing you. He is particularly pleased with you because of your "unparalleled beauty," and even more so because of your recent deeds. The King of Olympus is weighing the pros and cons, and has decided to give you a chance.

Just as Quinn was feeling a little happy because he thought he had grasped the qualities Athena wanted to see, the simulator's next sentence made Quinn's face fall again.

With this prompt, Quinn saw the familiar white-haired beauty appear in the main square. She moved slowly and gracefully towards Quinn, her every smile and gesture exuding charm. The Athenian citizens in the square were eager to rush forward upon seeing her, but the woman showed no hesitation.

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He went straight up to Quinn.

"Child born of a she-wolf, are you being referred to?" the woman said in a haughty tone. "I have been in Athens for a long time and have heard much about you. I am a priest of Zeus, the king of the gods, and here is an oracle from Zeus concerning you."

Too skilled.

Quinn's lips twitched. This divine decree from the God-King had effectively blocked all of Quinn's attempts to politely decline. It seemed that Quinn had heard about Quinn's ugly rejection of Cupid.

"Since this is a divine decree from the God-King, Priest, please speak frankly." Seeing this, Quinn had no choice but to reply.

“Zeus heard that you are skilled at making all sorts of novel objects. He asked you to make a gift for him that would be worthy of the king of the gods. He allowed you to use everything in all of Greece to make this gift. During your creation of this gift, all the gods would offer you advice, but he required that the gift be unique enough to make the other gods envious.”

Are you human? Why don't you let me die?

Your actions have finally earned you commensurate attention. A young woman named Dione, claiming to be a priestess of Zeus, has come before you with an oracle from the king of the gods. Although this oracle is exceptionally harsh, it grants you immense power. You can act in Zeus's name until you complete this gift. No Greek god dares to ignore your existence, not even Athena.

Yes, you already have in mind the best use of the power granted by this divine decree.

[You plan to seek Athena's advice, but since she's unwilling to come to you, then go to her and see what surprises this guardian goddess of Athens can bring you.]

You have received a special contract—an unprecedented gift. Upon completion of this gift, you will gain a personal trait and a legendary treasure.

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Guided by the Athenians, you arrive at the temple of the city's patron goddess. You are greeted by the goddess's priests. After explaining your purpose to the priests, you are allowed to enter the city's most sacred place. As you walk into the semi-open temple supported by Greek columns, you see no one, but you can feel a distinct sense of being watched.

You spoke directly to the deserted temple, explaining your purpose and making it clear that you had come on the orders of Zeus, the king of the gods, to seek advice from the goddess of wisdom. As you spoke, a somewhat mechanical female voice suddenly resounded within the temple, which was made of ordinary stone.

“You are clever in your thoughts but lack wisdom. I know why you have come here. The God-King has given you a task that you cannot complete, because there is nothing in this world that we can envy. Abandon this task. This divine decree will only bring you undeserved disaster. I will plead for you before the God-King and make him forget this matter. By the time He remembers it again, you will have already passed away.”

...To be honest, why does that voice sound so much like a succubus refrigerator?

Listening to Athena's voice, Quinn wasn't surprised by her mechanical tone. He knew that the Greek gods were all alien machines, but he hadn't figured out whether the original forms of the Greek gods at this time had actually malfunctioned.

According to the Type-Moon universe, approximately 14,000 years ago, a force known as the Planetary Vanguard descended upon Earth in the form of white giants and launched an attack on the entire planet.

In the pan-human history, the twelve Olympian gods, led by Zeus, stood up to fight against the giants in order to protect mankind, but in doing so they lost their mechanical bodies and were eventually defeated by the giants. As a result, the gods lost their power, so that in the later war of giants they had to rely on the fighting power of mortal heroes.

Based on Quinn's recent life in Athens, he can basically determine that the era he is in is after the Planetary Vanguard has visited Earth and been defeated. He only needs to figure out the current situation of these Greek gods to determine whether he is in the Greek version of the pan-human history or in another version.

Although Quinn is still unsure which version of Greece he is in, he is certain of one thing: the Greek gods in his current scenario are the same ones in the Type-Moon universe who, in the truest sense, awakened themselves because of human faith, love humanity, and are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect it.

Otherwise, according to the original version of Greek mythology, in his current situation, what god would be willing to risk angering Zeus to plead for a mortal?

A normal craftsman would be grateful by now, but Quinn would never let go of such an opportunity to make a name for himself. He was unwilling to contact Zeus before because contacting the god-king too early would likely cause trouble that he could not solve at his current stage. His goal was to become stronger in this simulation, not to die at lightning speed. Just like in an RPG game, players always need a path to level up before fighting the final boss.

Now, creating gifts for the King of Gods, thus encountering the gods and undergoing their trials, is the process of leveling up, and also an adventure very much in line with the style of Greek mythology. Quinn naturally will not accept Athena's advice here.

“Great Goddess, you do not need to risk offending the God-King for me. Since creating a gift is the God-King's divine decree, I will do my best. I also understand that the great gods will not envy the creations of mere mortals, but I still hope that your advice will allow me to create a gift that can please the God-King.”

Your behavior is humble, like any believer in Greece who reveres and worships a god. But the goddess Athena can easily see through your thoughts. She knows you neither believe in nor love a god. She sees that you are anticipating this test and challenge. This goddess has seen countless people, but she has never seen a human willingly seek to suffer. In any case, since you have sought advice, she has no reason to refuse.

You have obtained a clue—the God King's preferences.

From Athena, you learn that the King of Gods has an extreme fondness for humans, a fanatical obsession with the human species, and that if anything can please the King of Gods, it is humans themselves.

[This is a clue that isn't really a clue, but it still gave you some inspiration. You decided to put on a big show for the Greek gods—"creating man," or more accurately, creating an artificial human, a puppet with a normal lifespan and a body structure no different from a human. This isn't too much of a problem for you as a magician; however, you need good enough materials to bridge the gap between eras.]

[Logically, the Age of Gods, ruled by Greek mechanical gods, should have been filled with all sorts of high-tech alien materials. In reality, while materials suitable for performing magic in the Age of Gods were indeed plentiful, materials that matched alien material were extremely rare.]

[You believe that to create a doll that meets the aesthetic standards of the Machine Gods, it would be best to use materials from their homeland, rather than purely Earth-based materials. Therefore, you tell Athena that you want to use the most precious materials in the world to make a gift, preferably from Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods.]

Faced with your request, Athena fell silent for a long while before responding.

"Then you must go to Crete to find Hephaestus. Hephaestus controls the forge of the gods and knows the location of all the precious minerals and metals in the world. But you may not be able to get what you want, because it is not something that can be used by human beings. It is a unique metal that only gods can drive. If you try to move it, you will surely displease the gods."

Athena saw through Quinn's thoughts and offered her advice again.

But Quinn had made up his mind. He knew exactly what the so-called Divine Metal was—nanomachines created using alien technology. In the Greek Lostbelt of FGO 2.0, the gods used these…

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Nanomachines have been given to humans, allowing those in Lostbelts to easily live past 800 years old, while those living in Olympus can live for tens of thousands of years.

If there is any material in the world that is best for making dolls or androids, it must be these nanomachines.

You have made up your mind to embark on an adventure. You will visit the gods to obtain nanomachines and create a flawless nanohumanoid for them. It will be a perfect doll that can change shape in a thousand ways and contain both divinity and humanity.

Yes, you have chosen to create a nanobot, using a human body to accomplish the monumental task of creating a machine god.

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With a clear goal in mind, you finally left Athens and embarked on your pilgrimage to Lemnos.

You have initiated an activity—a pilgrimage. Please decide on the orientation of this pilgrimage: piety or secularism.

secular.

Quinn made a quick decision. The difference between the two pilgrimage methods in CK3 is that the former increases religious piety, while the latter increases affinity with other cultures. Considering the current situation in Greece and his own goals, religious piety was obviously not what Quinn needed. He knew that the Greek Mechs liked human faith, but they were not to the point that they could not survive without faith.

In the Type-Moon universe, the Greek gods have been imprinted with the ideology of mushrooms. Their love for humans is the underlying logic that keeps the Machine Gods alive on Earth before they are expelled. For such gods, having one more or one less devout believer is dispensable. On the contrary, Quinn needs the approval of the Greeks to make his path to becoming a hero smoother.

Only by gaining the recognition of all the Greeks could he possibly become a great hero in this simulation whose fame was no less than that of Hercules. For this reason, he did not even rush to use the few clan points left over from the last simulation, so as to see if he could make greater profits when the right opportunity came.

After all, the events in Britannia have proven that clan points account for the highest proportion in simulations, and this stuff can truly have a profound impact on the characters you form bonds with during the simulation.

You chose a secular pilgrimage, and began to wander alone across the Greek land, measuring the vastness of this land with your own two feet and your ship. Your adventure became widely known along with the divine pronouncements of the king.

You have obtained a legendary seed, which is taking root and sprouting in Greece.

According to Athenian folklore, the great god Hermes, while wandering the earth, encountered a wolf-child raised by a she-wolf. He believed the child possessed immense potential to become a hero and took him to Athens. Upon arriving in Athens, the wolf-child displayed his talent within the glorious city. He effortlessly solved a problem that no Athenian scholar could crack, providing Athenian artisans with entirely new technological solutions. His fame reached the ears of the gods, and the king of the gods, impressed by the child's wisdom, issued an oracle challenging him to forge a gift that would make all the gods envious. To fulfill this oracle, the wolf-child embarked on a pilgrimage.

[You have acquired the legendary tale - The Ingenious Craftsman: When you use the "Treasure Crafting" decision, the quality of the treasures you produce will be more easily improved.]

[You set out as a craftsman, passing through several city-states. The kings of these city-states, upon hearing of your arrival, treated you with great courtesy, providing you with the best food and lodging they could. When you departed, the kings also prepared enough supplies for you to reach the next city-state. This is a traditional Greek right of hospitality and one of the main sources of the legends of Greek hospitality.]

In return for the friendly treatment from these city-state kings, you also left them your own gifts. In each city-state you visited, you would communicate with the local artisans and guide them to build more beneficial buildings to improve the living conditions of the local residents. Among them, the most popular was the Roman-style public bathhouse. No one can resist the pleasure of taking a hot bath after a long day.

[Your reputation as the builder of the baths began to spread throughout Greece, and more and more city-state kings eagerly awaited your arrival. The hospitality you received on this secular pilgrimage became increasingly astonishing. By the time you had traveled more than halfway, some kings had already begun to share their wives with you, attempting to keep you in their city-states to serve them in this way.]

You have to admit, the average appearance of people in the Age of Gods is indeed high. Even the queens of these small city-states are quite pretty and charming. But you remain unmoved, which makes many young and beautiful queens sad for quite some time. After all, in the eyes of women, you are also a delicious little piece of chocolate. Being able to taste one would make life worthwhile. However, this kind of chocolate is not something that ordinary people can eat.

Because you have the backing of the God-King, everyone knows you are preparing gifts for him. They can tempt you with power, money, and women, but they cannot forcibly stop your journey, otherwise it would be an open insult to the God-King. However, your journey must continue amidst a constant stream of temptations.

Fortunately, your will is strong enough. You have consistently refused the temptations offered by the kings of the various city-states with courtesy. This has not only avoided offending the kings but has also elevated their actions to a test of your character. This is a win-win situation and has also increased the citizens of the various city-states' goodwill towards you. Historically, adventurers have always made things unpleasant when faced with such situations, which has worsened relations between the city-states.

Finally, you arrived at your destination—the island of Lemnos. As you set foot on the island, a metal figure made of gold and silver appeared before you. She claimed to be a creation of the god of fire, and was there to greet you on his behalf and guide you to the god's workshop.

[You followed the metal man all the way to the volcano on the island of Lemnos, and finally inside the volcano, you saw Hephaestus, the craftsman of the gods, the god of fire and forging.]

"Son of the Wolf, welcome to my workshop. I have long heard of your name. The goddess Athena speaks highly of you and has told me your purpose in coming here. Answer me, what is it that you seek to forge with divine steel?"

Hephaestus's voice was like the blast of wind from a forge, just as it was when Quinn met Athena. Quinn did not see the god of fire; he stood in a wide area inside the volcano. The only proof that the cave was a blacksmith's suit, which perfectly matched human stereotypes, was a blacksmith's shop.

Quinn knew that this was most likely a scene specially arranged by Hephaestus, the god of machines, in response to human imagination of the god of fire, so that his image could conform to the Greeks' imagination of him.

The true form of Vulcan is likely located deep within this volcano, as some kind of large forging machine.

So Quinn spoke up.

"I want to imitate the gods and create a human being out of divine steel."

Upon hearing this, Vulcan's blacksmith shop fell into a deathly silence. Then, a tremendous roar echoed from within the volcano, which instantly spewed forth flames. Accompanied by an angry roar with a mechanical quality, Hephaestus, as if provoked, roared, "Arrogance! You mere mortals, who gave you the audacity to presume to create humans?!"

However, the next second, Quinn quelled Vulcan's anger with a single sentence.

“This is a promise I made to Zeus, the king of the gods. He promised me that I could seek the help of any god when creating gifts for Him. The androids I am making are a gift to the gods and the king of the gods.”

The previously turbulent volcano calmed down instantly, and a moment later, a door on the ground opened from the center of the Vulcan blacksmith's shop, and Hephaestus' voice rang out once more.

"Alright, arrogant son of the wolf, since it is the promise of the God-King, I will provide you with assistance. But I swear, if you cannot produce a product that satisfies me, when the God-King punishes you, I will personally create a torture device for you to punish your arrogance and your crime of attempting to distort the existence of humanity."

You convinced Hephaestus

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Hephaestus, the god of fire, has set you to receive special attention.

[You have obtained the right to use the temporary building "Interstellar Heavy Industry Manufacturing Forge". When you activate this building and use the "Treasure Crafting" resolution, the quality of the treasure produced will be at least "Legendary".]

When you enter the workshops of the gods, you finally discover the secrets of the Greek gods. You see a colossal forge, seemingly out of this era and filled with a futuristic feel. It is the foundation of this island, and the active volcano you saw when you landed on the island is the exhaust vent of this forge. And you are inside this enormous forge.

And Hephaestus, the god of fire... He finally appeared before you.

[You see a figure with a mangled body, barely recognizable as human. His body is covered with shimmering circuitry like a circuit board. This should be a sci-fi scene, but you discover that more than 70% of the circuitry on Hephaestus's body is flickering as if short-circuited. His limp is not merely a figment of human stereotypes about his existence, but rather a clear indication that this god has indeed lost a leg.]

You finally realize what timeline you're on now.

The physical bodies of the Greek gods have been completely destroyed, and their power is now reduced to less than one-tenth. You are at the beginning of an era of mortal heroes.

I need to take leave for New Year's Day.

I was working overtime during the day and had a terrible headache, so I'm taking the day off and will make it up tomorrow.

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