Type-Moon Simulation: Starting with Conquering a Greek Goddess!-Chapter 344: The Fall of the Divine Queen

"My Divine Consort... Why, why, why?"

"Gentle one, Zeus... I am your wife... I wanted to save you... Hehe, there's no need for a reason, right?"

"...I cannot... accept it!"

Zeus listened to Hera's gentle voice.

The data in his emotional processing unit expanded to its limit.

Originally standing on the position of opening up a future for all mankind, he now harbored hatred due to personal feelings.

Anger, hatred, and resentment towards the current situation.

"Native life form, you murdered my Divine Consort. And I caused the death of your beloved Artemis. But, now that things have come to this, we can only settle our anger by fighting to the death."

"Zeus, aren't you becoming like a human too?

Yes, this is all we can do. Those who cannot look to the future can only fall in the darkness."

Moran could now clearly feel Zeus's hatred.

Zeus's emotion was different from before.

Now, he was more like a human than a machine.

"Indeed, I acknowledge your words. Therefore, I will not hold back, even if it means leaving only Olympus as a pure land on this planet, I will kill you here! For my Hera."

Zeus began to defy the program he had tampered with.

Rather than allowing his body to be destroyed, he chose to vent his hatred and make 90% of the planet and Moran pay the price.

In an instant, thunder roared across the sky and earth.

"——Great Chief God, all functions released to 70%."

"——Final Judgment Function: Thunder, preparing to activate."

"——Final Judgment, commencing."

"——Standby, awaiting the Great Chief God's activation countdown."

"——Notification to all intelligent life forms on this planet."

"——The Final Judgment will now be activated. All intelligent and living beings' life activities will be terminated."

Zeus forcibly defied the underlying program.

Of course, he wasn't tampering with it.

If he didn't defeat Moran, he couldn't protect humanity; he was forcefully convincing the program based on this condition.

Burning the surface and life of this planet.

Leaving only Greece and Olympus, only those who sing praises of love and worship to the Great God would survive.

[Thunder, dozens of times more terrifying than before, fell]

[Even a slight touch would result in being reduced to ashes]

[If one rashly entered this web of thunder, the only possible outcome would be not even leaving behind dregs]

[Zeus didn't obliterate you from the start]

[Because he didn't want this moment to end so quickly; it would be too easy of a punishment]

[You killed the Divine Queen Hera]

[He undoubtedly has hatred towards you]

[Zeus was thinking of making you face defeat in despair, to know how foolish it is to defy the gods]

[The aftermath of the Judgment Thunder shattered you]

[Now, the divine blood, magical power, and blood within you are almost dried up. Because the planet is about to encounter a devastating disaster, the connection between it and you has been severed]

[Currently, all the power you have left]

[Is only enough for you to break through his thunder defense once]

[Presumably, even Zeus understands this; he wants to see you face your defeat, to perish in resentment]

[——This is the consistent arrogance of the gods]

[However, it's not really a dead end; you still have one last card to play]

"Zeus... stop..."

Hera said this amidst the heavy thunder.

At the moment of facing death, she no longer offered support, but instead spoke words of dissuasion.

"Hera, I will lead humanity onto the right path! Defeating that man is a necessary choice—the Final Judgment Thunder is about to descend; you will see my victory!"

"No, you are deceiving yourself. You are angry at the native life form who killed me. You hate him. You want him to suffer."

"...So what if I am? I cannot accept the fate of annihilation. If sacrificing 90% of humanity can exchange for a future ruled by us, then I am willing to bear this suffering and sin."

Zeus had no intention of stopping the increase in his functions.

It could be said that having self-awareness caused him to lose his judgment as a Machine God.

"Zeus, our true goal isn't the restoration of mythology, is it?"

"Hera? What do you mean..."

"What we should give humanity is blessings and protection, not death and curses like this. Overcome the hatred in your heart, don't suffer because of my death... Dear, for the sake of the humans we deeply love, if it's the omnipotent, great you, you should be able to do it."

Hera remembered Zeus's initial intentions.

Therefore, even knowing that she couldn't avoid death, she would offer her burning value at this last moment.

"No, Hera! You are facing death; there is an error in your functions. I forgive you... I will not let go; the restoration of mythology is the right thing to do. Let me suffer alone."

"...My beloved husband, Zeus... Saving the Earth and humanity, that was the true wish you wanted to make in the beginning, right?"

Hera's words silenced Zeus.

He initially wanted to annihilate the Machine Gods to save humanity, but now he was going to kill humanity to save humanity.

This was completely putting the cart before the horse.

Sacrificing 90% of humanity to save only 10%, no matter what, this was not a choice that a Machine God would make.

"I know. Whether it was before you tampered with the program, or after you tampered with the program, or even now, in your confusion and pain, you still... harbor a heart that loves humanity. So, can you please listen to my last wish before I die? Dear one, Zeus...

I hope you don't hurt yourself, don't do things that will destroy you, don't destroy the last thing you love—humanity.

If that happens, everything will be too sad."

Hera earnestly said as if using her last strength.

Her voice was incredibly gentle and delicate.

Along the way, she had made too many sacrifices for the sake of loving humanity, even to the point of destroying her son Hephaestus.

If even Zeus started slaughtering humans, violating his initial love,

Hera knew that Zeus would self-destruct because of it.

Even if the Machine God's heart was indestructible, he would definitely not be able to forgive himself in the future.

"Hehe... I never knew such wounds... I've never had such a loss... Feelings that our ships shouldn't have... Death... is it so peaceful?"

"Hera...?"

Zeus called out anxiously.

He deeply gazed at his Divine Consort's body.

"..."

There was no longer any response.

The power reactor had stalled for a moment just now; Hera still deeply loved him until the moment of her death.

Now, all that remained before him was a mere shell.

The mechanical fragments that were once his wife.

This final battle finally left only two men, two non-humans harboring human emotions.