Type-Moon, there are too many myths that defy the heavens!

Ash pointed at the super submarine that had single-handedly resisted the attacks of three gods and asked Hermes, "If I remember correctly, isn't "He" a production ship? Why does he look so resilient... I mean, so powerful in combat?"

"Just because a body is broken doesn't mean it can't be repaired, and just because a fight is big doesn't mean it's serious."

In response to Ash's question, Hermes quickly replied, "Don't be fooled by how fiercely they're fighting now. In fact, they haven't even used their real killing weapons yet."

"If they really wanted to fight, they wouldn't have the energy to set up a defensive force field and cognitive filter around the Aegean Sea."

Hermes said this, pointing to the shore, "Look, no one on the island came out to watch the fun, right?"

Holy crap...is this a war between gods without any real anger? What would it be like if it did?

Type-Moon Kamijou was secretly strengthened when I traveled through time. How come he is so powerful?

Or is it that Poseidon in the FGO Greek Lostbelt is also like Demeter's mother, who lost his normal computing ability after Zeus rewrote his thinking circuits, and that is why Drake took away his divine core?

Or maybe... is the skill [Star Pioneer EX] really so overbearing that it allows Drake to ignore the numerical difference between the Servant's Spiritual Base and the Mecha God's true form, forcibly break through His defensive force field, and seize His Divine Core?

Complaining about this, Ash suddenly remembered a very crude, yet very Type-Moon's iconic battle power collapse event: Space Ishtar, who possessed a galactic-scale spiritual base, was defeated by the [Original Goddess Sealing Team] composed of the Disaster Star Jane and other servants, who possessed the conceptual-level Noble Phantasm [Polar Star, Illuminate My Enemies] that could forcibly "see through" weaknesses and lock them as "real."

From this perspective, unless it can be upgraded to a monster like ORT that has both numerical values and mechanisms, no matter how strong the individual is, there is always the possibility of being defeated by players who play with concepts and special attacks!

Thinking of this, Ash became even more nervous.

"The gods possess such great power, why would they go after a mere degraded nature god like me?"

Ash couldn't help but complain, "If you have the time, why don't you just create a beautiful follower for yourself?"

No, buddy, why does the Aegean Sea suddenly feel a little weightless?

Don’t you have any idea what you look like and what level of charm you have?

Even if you didn't count, didn't Hades and Persephone teach you?

Hermes widened his eyes and looked at Ash in disbelief.

Wait a minute… Hades and Persephone, these two… ahem, these two affectionate gods… couldn’t they be really worried about ruining the Flower of Greece’s mental state, so they really didn’t teach him the relevant content?

The more Hermes thought about it, the more frightened he became, and the harder it became to hold his composure.

The cunning god struggled for a long time, and finally decided to follow the thinking circuit given to him by humans, which was "the most friendly god to humans", and provide some necessary scientific education to the Greek flower who was kept in the dark.

"Ash...you might not know something."

Hermes carefully considered his words and whispered to Ash, "Although we gods can create all kinds of creatures and forge all kinds of physical spiritual bases, in the final analysis, that is merely an imitation of our Creator and of human civilization itself, not creation."

"Think about it, no matter how beautiful the mass-produced handicrafts you create through imitation and patchwork are, can they ever compare to the works of art created by true masters through their knowledge and inspiration?"

“You might think that without considering the stories and artistic conception behind the works, there wouldn’t be such a huge gap between these works themselves, but—”

"We are gods, role models for human faith, and guides for the future of mankind."

"The beauty we pursue cannot be this kind of mass-produced vulgarity."

"Therefore... you don't need to be so humble, nor do you need to blame yourself for their fight."

Hermes patted Ash's shoulder and said earnestly, "Their struggle is essentially an expression of their pursuit of beauty."

"...Now that you say that, I feel even more stressed."

Ash said with a stern face, "And even if Poseidon tried so hard, I wouldn't choose him."

"What?"

Hermes asked puzzledly, "Are you prejudiced against Poseidon?"

"bias?"

"Is the fact that he's the Greek Cannon King considered my prejudice? Or is the fact that he wants to attack me and Bo Luoe considered my prejudice?"

Ash couldn't help but attack, "That's all, but what about my mother, Demeter?"

"Uh……"

Hermes wiped the sweat from his forehead and complained, "What you said before wasn't really prejudice, but the matter of Poseidon and Demeter... it really was prejudice..."

What the hell, could the bad things that the silver worm Bo Lao Er did to Demeter's mother be false?

You damn paparazzi, were you hired by that idiot Bo Lao Er to clean up the mess?

"What misunderstanding could there be between him and Mother Demeter?"

Ash couldn't help but question Hermes, "Explain it to me clearly!"

"Uh...how should I put it..."

Hermes thought for a moment and then complained, "Didn't I say before that Poseidon had a more primitive divinity in Crete?"

"Well... Poseidon was actually the first Mecha-god to come to Crete with Zeus and Demeter. He was the first to establish contact with humans. His first godhood was Earthquake, meaning he was the Father God representing the Earth."

"Then, from the very beginning, Aunt Demeter was the Earth Mother Goddess who possessed 'matriarchy', and they also had a god with the image of 'horse' in the earliest mythological lineage..."

"so……"

Hermes paused, and after confirming that the Flower of Greece could accept this truth, he continued, "The order of the myths compiled by humans and the order outside of mythology... do not necessarily match..."

"what?"

Ash's eyes widened and he said in disbelief, "You mean... Zeus is the one who came?"

"You can't say that..."

Hermes wiped the sweat from his forehead and said softly, "After all, there is no such thing as 'reproduction' in our Olympus Fleet itself. We only acquired family relationships after being endowed with faith by humans."

"Strictly speaking... Persephone is actually a new Mecha created by Aunt Demeter according to the blueprints designed by the Father..."

Hermes said, "So, the myths you've heard... and what you think are not necessarily the same thing..."

"For the native natural gods of this planet, this kind of mythological change can indeed be seen as a case of reversed cause and effect."

Hermes continued, "And, the country with the greatest changes in this kind of mythology is India..."

"In India, this operation is called 'othering the self', which means appropriating the myth of others and turning it into one's own incarnation."

Hermes said, "Take Shiva for example. His original deity was actually Rudra, the storm god in Vedic mythology. Later, he absorbed multiple myths and became the god of destruction with a composite divinity."

"However, this kind of reversal of cause and effect does not apply to us Mechagods."

Hermes continued, "Because our true bodies possess a clear recording function, this is a truth that cannot be affected by the changes in mythology. It is also the proof of our identity as extraterrestrial visitors."

Oh my god, isn't this the Chronicles of Time from our Jackie Chan Adventures? Why doesn't the Mecha even eat Chronicles of Time?

Is it true that the foreign gods are the boss?

"so……"

Hermes said somewhat awkwardly, "Actually... you don't have to be so prejudiced against Poseidon..."

"That's what you said, but what about Kaignes?"

Ash didn't believe it and continued, "Could it be that she was also harmed by [Faith]?"

"That's not..."

Hermes said helplessly, "...How should I put it about the Kaenes incident...it's actually a bit...abstract..."

"She was originally the most beautiful woman of the Lapita tribe. Like the Amazons, the Lapita have a culture of female warriors and bride kidnapping."

Hermes said, "Kaenes doesn't want to be a woman, but rather a female warrior, so she hates marriage proposals from various tribes, and then..."

"Then……"

Ash took over the conversation and asked with a stern face, "You're not going to tell me that she prayed to God to change her fate, and it was Poseidon who responded to her?"

"The truth is so outrageous..."

Hermes spread his hands and said helplessly, "The Lapiths live in the Pinios River Valley and Mount Pelion, on a peninsula in the Aegean Sea, which is Poseidon's domain..."

"so……"

Ash complained, "Poseidon did something like that to solve her problem of being pursued by other people?"

"Well... I didn't do anything like that. I just bestowed the gods' blessing upon Kayneth, allowing her to become a demigod."

"The blessing of our Mecha-Gods is essentially the infusion of nanorobots imbued with divinity and immortality into the bodies of those blessed, strengthening and transforming them."

Hermes complained, "And then, Poseidon... was rather radical when bestowing the blessing... and he hadn't even gotten Kayneth's consent..."

"As a result, Kayneth originally wanted to be a female warrior free from harassment... but ended up becoming a demigod possessing [divinity], [immortality], [the blessing of the ocean], and the power to command sea beasts."

Hermes said, "Look how this is done...it's quite awkward, isn't it?"

"no……"

Ash complained, "If you put it that way... wouldn't it be enough for Poseidon to just give her the publicity of being the son of the Sea King?"

"Yes."

Hermes complained, "Who told Poseidon to choose a solution that would solve the problem once and for all..."

After listening to Hermes' explanation, Ash was speechless.

Is this Poseidon? This is clearly the Black Grail!

Fortunately, I'm not a real gigolo and I haven't actively prayed for blessings from the gods. Otherwise, if I met Poseidon, who had good intentions but a bad execution, Mecha, wouldn't I be tortured to death?

As expected, gods are as unreliable as the Holy Grail. It is better not to take shortcuts in everything, but to take the long way around.

"so……"

Hermes then asked, "...You have no thoughts about Bo Erbo?"

"No...why are you cleaning up Poseidon like this?"

Ash was speechless, "Did you accept his half a million?"

"How could it be~"

Hermes gave a personal explanation, "If I really accepted Uncle Bo's money, how could I ask for such a small sum as 500,000?"

"Good boy, you seem quite proud, huh?"

Ash pouted and continued, "Then tell me why you want to intercede for Him?"

"hey-hey……"

The God of Cunning said with a grin, "I just feel that Uncle Bo is trying so hard to resist the attacks of the Three Gods. If he doesn't stand a chance at all... isn't it such a waste?"

"So... you're here cleaning the floor for Him with me, just to see Him lick it until there's nothing left, right?"

Ash couldn't hold it in any longer, "I was wondering how you could be a fan of Bo Lao Er, it turns out you, the little black guy, showed your chicken feet!"

"Hey, you found me~"

Hermes then said, "Well, don't you want to see some fun?"

"It's fun for you, but not for me."

Ash complained, "Besides, who am I to make the choice?"

"Uh...don't you know?"

Hermes took over the conversation and said, "Aunt Demeter has done you justice and granted you the right to choose your spouse."

"What's the matter?"

Ash looked confused, "You said I went from being the champion to the referee?"

"correct."

Hermes said, "This happened last month. Didn't Ariadne and Aphaia tell you?"

"I'm afraid I don't know at all!"

Ash couldn't hold it in any longer, "Neither of them said anything!"

Hermes sweat dropped at Ash's answer.

"This, this, this..."

Hermes took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, then excused himself by saying, "Maybe they wanted to give you a surprise... I was so careless and ruined the surprise..."

You are more afraid of Athena and Artemis than Hades, right?

"No, no, no, how can it be seen that they are deliberately hiding it from me?"

Ash deliberately put on a serious expression and said seriously, "When they come back, I'll have to ask them why they kept it a secret from me."

"Ahaha, it seems you are still angry with me..."