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Chapter 452 - [452] Confronting the Omnipotent Great God Zeus, and the Arrival of the Grand Lancer Romulus

Lightning madly flashed, transforming the entire sky into a sea of thunder.

Every bolt was potent enough to annihilate a Servant.

This Omnipotent Great God Zeus, who had unified the divine authorities of the Greek pantheon, defeated the previous generation of gods, and crushed the Umbral Star—descended with an overwhelmingly dominant presence.

A voice as majestic and solemn as thunder resounded across heaven and earth: "Europa, do you admit your crime?""

Accompanying his words.

Dragon-like bolts of lightning coiled through the air, ready at any moment to strike down and utterly obliterate her.

As his divine consort, she had dared to collude with the Chaldea group—a capital offense!

"No! I am not guilty! You are the one who is guilty!"

Despite facing his world-ending lightning, Europa remained unwavering in her convictions.

She looked up at the Divine King towering in the sky and angrily rebuked him, "You tampered with the divine cores of Poseidon, Aphrodite, Artemis, and other gods! You personally slaughtered Athena, Apollo, and other deities!"

"As gods worshipped and believed in by humanity, you have cast humans into an abyss of eternal suffering!"

"You have betrayed the gods, betrayed humanity, betrayed everything! Your crimes are unforgivable!"

A dignified divine consort now openly denounced the Divine King.

Exposing to the world one after another deed unknown to mortals.

However.

Facing her accusations, the Omnipotent Great God Zeus coldly declared: "You have been corrupted and eroded by them, willingly embracing depravity."

"By the name of Zeus, I pronounce judgment!"

His thunderous voice instantly echoed throughout the Starfall City.

Allowing ten million citizens to hear his majestic proclamation.

"Divine Decree!"

"Divine Consort Europa has openly sided with Chaldea, who seek to destroy the Lostbelt!"

"I shall personally execute her. You may mourn her for one hundred years."

The Divine King's voice reverberated in everyone's ears.

The residents of the interstellar city were plunged into shock and confusion one by one.

To them, Zeus was the supreme deity to be devoutly worshipped.

And his divine consort Europa was the ancestor of Europe.

She could be called the key linking humans and gods.

But now, the King of Gods had personally pronounced judgment, ordering her complete execution!

Not only were the residents of the interstellar city buzzing with discussion.

Even the viewers watching the video felt astonished—

[So Olympus has really become a wine factory! Not only are the twins helping, even the divine consort is willing to assist!]

[Tch, his own wife openly betraying him—even as a Machine God, he can't tolerate that!]

[Who can you blame? Grandma Europa is human, so naturally she stands with humanity.]

[No doubt about it. The moment Zeus chose to open the Lostbelt, he was destined to be abandoned by all!]

[Are we starting the boss fight already? But the problem is, the God Ancestor hasn't been summoned yet. Is this really okay?]

...

In the marketplace.

Cú Chulainn, seeing the kind and amiable Europa, couldn't help but twitch his mouth: "That Nameless guy is way too good at winning people over."

The European ancestor he'd just met was so gentle and kind, wanting him to call her grandma.

And she unhesitatingly gave him all the divine artifacts and power left behind by Athena.

Generous beyond compare.

It wasn't just Europa.

That elusive Grand Assassin old man was also quite easygoing, teaching Nameless the Grand Assassin techniques.

And willing to sacrifice his own Grand title to help him.

That Qin Shi Huang of Great Qin was even willing to personally cut down the Fantasy Tree, entrusting everything to him.

As for the Mage King Solomon, God Ancestor Romulus, and others, there was no need to even mention them.

This made Cú Chulainn watch with envy and jealousy.

He only had the Queen of the Land of Shadows as his teacher.

The Hound of Ulster, the Child of Light from Celtic mythology—when it came to background and origins, he was completely overshadowed by the other!

"Get used to it. That guy really deserves others doing this for him," Heracles calmly replied.

Nameless had once descended upon the Age of Gods in Pan-Human History, assisting the gods in defeating the vengeful Cronus emerging from the underworld.

The twelve divine trials he completed were countless times more difficult than his own twelve labors.

Even Heracles wasn't confident he could accomplish it.

But!

Nameless was indeed outstanding.

However, when it came to the girl Illya, he still needed to consider carefully.

Way too many people liked that guy now. For Illya's happiness, he had to intervene.

Heracles felt a headache coming on whenever he remembered this.

With Illya's delicate loli physique, competing against a bunch of queens and witches was as difficult as reaching heaven.

Far better to learn from Miyu and obediently be a little sister.

That way, no matter who married Nameless, they'd have to please this little sister-in-law!

Cú Chulainn curiously asked: "Given Zeus's overwhelming power, how exactly did Nameless defeat him?"

Don't forget, during the previous battles against the Moon Goddess and Sea God, they had sacrificed one powerful heroic spirit after another.

But those two deities both had their cores tampered with by Zeus.

They could be considered mere weapons under Zeus's command.

Now, facing the omnipotent great god who had persisted from the Age of Gods to the present without any decline in power.

He simply couldn't imagine how to defeat him.

"To slay Zeus, we'd obviously need to use the Black Spear, along with that Grand Lancer Divine Ancestor," Heracles replied after some thought.

The Black Spear was truly a conceptual weapon of rules.

It was also Chaldea's ultimate trump card, capable of deicide.

Although Zeus claimed to be [Omnipotent], he was far from truly omnipotent.

At the very least, he couldn't even control the underworld, still unable to completely suppress Hades's remaining authority.

"Grand Lancer... my teacher is quite qualified to compete for that position."

Cú Chulainn didn't say more.

His teacher Scáthach was also known as someone who could slay gods with a single spear.

In the Second Scandinavian Lostbelt, she even became the Lostbelt King.

Now that the Divine Ancestor had abandoned his Grand Saint Graph, she might very well succeed him!

...

In the video.

After Zeus issued his judgment declaration.

That A-Team Master candidate, Kadoc, quietly appeared in the temple.

"I want to see with my own eyes what the Alien God intends to do!"

He and the A-Team members had agreed to assist the [Alien God] in managing the Lostbelts precisely to provide humanity with an alternative path.

However.

Nameless's explanation made Kadoc finally realize that the [Alien God] would never give humanity a future.

This time, he wanted to personally uncover the truth.

Unfortunately,

he couldn't reach the innermost core.

The Alien God's apostle, Ashiya Dōman, silently descended and stabbed through his heart with a blade!

He mockingly said: "Heh, even after your own Lostbelt was destroyed, you still want to collude with Chaldea. Let me send you on your way."

"No! You bastard!"

Kadoc angrily tried to fight back.

But under the attack, he could only powerlessly collapse to the ground.

One hand still pointed forward, as if toward where hope resided.

The scene shifted.

Beryl Gut of the same A-Team appeared.

As the person in charge of the Sixth Lostbelt, he had abandoned his own Lostbelt and come to the Captain's side.

With a smile, he said: "Koyanskaya, I know you've been searching for Beasts. I can help you find them, but please take me to the Sixth Lostbelt."

"Oh, are you sure?" Koyanskaya looked quite surprised.

Beryl smiled brilliantly: "Of course I'm sure. I wouldn't call you incompetent."

"Heh, a stray dog like you has the right to call me that?"

Koyanskaya snorted coldly.

Once again, she recalled the previous scene where Nameless had targeted her relentlessly, nearly preventing her return.

With her current strength, a single misstep could truly lead to disaster.

Fortunately, she had collected everything she wanted and it was time to leave.

"I am a merchant. Since there is profit to be had, then it's a deal."

Koyanskaya nodded.

Then, both of them vanished as well.

Completely leaving this Lostbelt!

After this minor interlude.

The scene shifts back to the main battlefield.

"Hmph, even if you kill me, I will never bow to you!"

Europa's power surged wildly around her. "Master of Chaldea, take this! This is my final strength!"

As the ancestral mother of Europe, she could mobilize the power of European Human Order.

Now, she was bestowing everything upon Nameless, wanting to assist him in defeating Zeus.

Only by defeating Zeus could freedom be restored to all living beings.

"Thank you, Grandmother Europa. I will definitely defeat him!" Nameless took a deep breath and carefully accepted her power.

This was her entrustment of everything she had, so it naturally demanded solemn respect.

Bzzzt—

Lightning madly converged at a single point, wantonly unleashing its terror.

Under this terrifying pressure, everyone felt as if they were carrying a massive mountain on their backs.

Extremely heavy, making them involuntarily want to kneel and prostrate themselves.

However.

All the Heroic Spirits present stubbornly withstood this pressure, showing no signs of submission.

Zeus coldly declared, "Useless, useless! Before my omnipotent divinity, unified with all divine authorities, all your struggles are ultimately in vain!"

"Then, I'd like to ask, how do you plan to deal with the Fantasy Tree?" Nameless suddenly inquired.

The Fantasy Tree of the Fifth Lostbelt was deeply rooted.

It had spread throughout the entire Lostbelt, ready to mature at any moment and summon the Alien God.

Hearing this, Zeus calmly replied, "This is my world! I will not allow a mere foreign god to defile it!"

Even though the Lostbelt was created by the [Alien God],

And the Olympian gods' survival to this day relied entirely on the Fantasy Tree.

However.

As gods who had crossed the sea of stars, they could never submit to a mere alien deity.

After eliminating the Chaldea team, He would completely take control of the Fantasy Tree.

"You thinking reeds, do you not find existence far too arduous?"

Zeus spoke with pity. "Under my rule, you possess ten thousand years of lifespan, never plagued by illness, and free from war."

"Why do you still stubbornly resist?"

The Olympian gods.

During their nearly ten-thousand-year journey through the cosmos, they accidentally discovered Earth with its intelligent life.

A miracle among miracles.

Moreover, the gods, through human worship, experienced joy for the first time.

The gods created terminals with human-like appearances and were increasingly influenced by humanity.

They began wanting to protect humans.

He unified the authority of all gods precisely to eternally safeguard humanity's future.

His previous conversation with the Captain also proved this point.

He had never been hostile toward humanity.

"No war, no disease or aging does sound wonderful. Unfortunately, you don't treat humans as people at all!"

Nameless drew his sword and pointed it at the other. "In your eyes, humans are merely collectible ornamental objects, not beings worthy of protection!"

In this regard, there wasn't much difference between him and the Third Lostbelt's Qin Shi Huang.

Even more perfect than what Qin Shi Huang had accomplished.

He granted all of humanity a lifespan of ten thousand years and strength comparable to heroic spirits.

However.

Under his rule, all of humanity's future came to a complete standstill.

Day after day, the past, present, and future of ten thousand years became exactly the same.

This was by no means the protection of life!

Rather, it was treating humanity like collectible figurines, placing them in a temperature and humidity-controlled display case to be preserved for eternity!

"O thinking reeds of Pan-Human History, since you wish to destroy my eternal reign, then perish, all of you!"

Zeus' thunderous voice resounded—

"O sky, tear asunder!"

"O stars, shatter to pieces!"

"All in the heavens are me, all who rule the stars are me!"

[I Am the Thunder That Tears the Stars (WorldDiscipline Κεραυνός)!]

The sea of thunder suddenly collapsed at its center, transforming into an immense pillar of lightning.

Divine punishment descended!

This King of the Lostbelt unhesitatingly unleashed his ultimate technique, intending to eradicate all potential threats once and for all!

"I will never let you succeed!"

Nameless immediately raised his shield against the thunder—

[Athena's Aegis!]

Behind him, Athena suddenly appeared, clad in armor and holding weapons, embodying the valiant posture of a war goddess.

The goddess's weapon radiated a brilliant golden light, enveloping Nameless and transforming into a suit of gleaming golden armor.

It made him shine as brilliantly as the King of Heroes, exceptionally dazzling.

The thunderous light crashed down upon him fiercely.

The Aegis and thunder clashed violently.

Nameless, who had leaped high into the air, was slammed back down heavily.

Below him.

Mash had already unhesitatingly deployed her shield, transforming it into the magnificent walls of Camelot.

The Conceptual Shield activated!

She stood at the city gate, defending the fortress alone!

Under this dual defense, the attacks of the almighty great god Zeus actually failed to harm anyone else!

Nameless quickly instructed: "Good, Mash, you hold the defense for now. I'll activate the summoning circle!"

"Senpai, don't worry. With me here, I absolutely won't let Him threaten you!"

Mash agreed without hesitation.

Under the protection of Camelot's walls.

The grand summoning circle that Nameless had painstakingly prepared by linking seven small summoning circles and commissioning the forging god to create a Noble Phantasm finally activated!

[I declare!]

[Your body shall serve under me. My fate shall be with your sword.]

[Answering the call to protect human order, those who follow this will, answer my summon!]

Under his summoning declaration.

The grand summoning circle lit up with a dazzling light.

An enormous crimson mecha emerged from the summoning circle.

Its voice boomed: "I am the God of War Ares, answering your summons!"

The Machine God Ares has descended!

"Please assist us in defeating Zeus, Lord God of War!" Nameless requested.

"Of course. As a deity, I was once worshipped, then feared and distanced."

Ares agreed immediately, "Now, I am the Crimson Ares, the Roman God of War from Pan-Human History, worshipped and trusted by humans. Naturally, I shall fight to protect humanity!"

Machine God versus Machine God!

The tense and thrilling scene made countless viewers' blood boil—

[Here it comes! The grand summoning circle is indeed powerful, directly summoning a chief god!]

[Only a Machine God can defeat a Machine God. Bring more!]

[God of War? Wait, shouldn't he be called Ares the War God? Why has he become the Roman God of War?]

[You clearly don't understand European mythology. Greek mythology was later adopted by the Romans. It's normal.]

[The question is, wasn't it supposed to summon a Grand Servant? Why summon a deity?]

...

With the arrival of a powerful ally.

This mecha named [Crimson Ares] immediately forced Zeus back by brandishing its divine sword upon arrival.

However.

The almighty great god mocked arrogantly: "A mere Machine God dares to oppose me? You only know how to launch sneak attacks!"

As the almighty great god who unified the authorities of numerous deities, He naturally wouldn't care about a single Machine God.

"No, no, this summoning circle isn't just summoning me alone!" Ares replied.

Under everyone's gaze.

The summoning circle lit up with light once more.

A familiar figure in resplendent armor emerged from the summoning circle—

"I, the progenitor of Rome, am also Rome's supreme deity! Bearing the Grand title here, the Spirit Origin bestowed upon me by human order is—Grand Lancer."

The Servant who answered the summons smiled at Nameless and said: "O Master who seizes a bright future for humanity, confronts invincible deities, and carves out a path! I have kept you waiting!"

"I, Romulus, have answered your summons!"

"My arms reach the heavens! My light grasps the heavens!"

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