The goddess Luna, who was supposed to disappear in this world, got the chance to reunite her body with the help of the Demon God Pillars, and at the same time, she single-handedly created this singularity that she considered to be a victory.
Humanity has completely lost the space for survival, and even the heroic spirits summoned by the restraint force have fallen into internal strife, leaving only Hercules, a man who can be regarded as a worthy fighter.
Luna had never been afraid of humans, and she had never put Jason and the few remaining weak heroes in her eyes. As for the people of Chaldea, they were not worth mentioning in her eyes.
The reverse King Arthur and her knights?
Such combat power may be considered outstanding, but in Luna's eyes, even ten more King Arthurs may not be able to shake her in the slightest.
Even to defeat Vortigern, the white dragon that symbolizes the whole of Britain, he needs the help of the holy spear that anchors the world. How could King Arthur defeat her, which symbolizes the entire moon, in the state of a heroic spirit?
From beginning to end, Luna only paid attention to Hercules, who was qualified to become a god and get rid of his human identity.
If you want to ask why, Luna simply doesn't believe that humans who have abandoned gods and her can accomplish great things.
It is precisely because humans cannot overcome fear that they long for gods. What can humans do if they kill all their own strengths, dreams and ideals with their own hands?
Luna spent her last moments, and the result of continuing to observe even if she gave up the opportunity to hide in the world, has proven everything.
Humanity lost its ambition to explore in the past, and was immersed in the loess beneath its feet. It was coerced by greed and evil desires, and ultimately failed to visit the world beyond the moon.
How could such a stupid species defeat her?
However, it happened that such a species exploded with abilities that she could not imagine at all, and did things that she could not imagine at all.
The feeling of powerlessness that was about to disappear once again lingered on her divine body.
This time, even the power of the Holy Grail cannot reverse the human beings who actually appeared on the moon.
The mystery contained in the lunar soil continues to decline, and the sunlight reflected by the moon - the silvery moonlight shining on the earth also quickly decays into ordinary light.
Luna looked at the Argonaut, which was landing steadily on the lunar surface, and her eyes seemed to be able to pass through the metal bulkhead to Animusfia and Apollo inside, and then she looked at the still-current The Demonic Pillar firmly rooted in the lunar soil.
————Oh, such important information is actually hidden.
The so-called focus of Chaldea's combat power is not at all above King Arthur.
However, she who was deceived by Hercules and ignored the existence of Apollo should indeed fail.
At this moment, even if she wanted to attribute all the reasons to the information that Fornius had concealed, she had no position to accuse Fornius because she misjudged the danger of Apollo.
What's more, Luna doesn't want to waste her last time on these demon pillars that are full of lies.
The reason why Fornius originally wanted to take root in the lunar soil was that she hoped to use the mystery that was once again enriched in the lunar soil under her hands.
But now that her power has long disappeared, Fornius is still deeply rooted in the lunar soil, and is completely indifferent to her defeat.
It can be seen that Fornius does not need the mystery in the lunar soil at all, it is just an excuse for it to take root here.
From the very beginning, it doesn't matter whether it wins or loses.
Luna knew this already.
After all, she is the moon among the sun. Even if she is blinded by arrogance and anger, she is not unable to see through such lies.
That's right, goddess Luna, who is now facing defeat, has to admit her arrogance and gaffe.
Otherwise she wouldn't be able to fail, right?
Now it seems that Fornius's original target was the director and master of Chaldea who were deliberately concealed——the two human beings.
They were also the two people who were completely ignored by Luna.
Even the director is the only one.
Because even now Luna can still feel that all the eyes on Fornius' huge body are staring at Animusfia alone.
And the girl Master next to him, who can be regarded as the last remaining hope of mankind, is not in Fornius's eyes.
However, it is no longer important what kind of conspiracy Fornius has.
What kind of secret does this director contain?
Luna, who had only discovered the mystery now, suddenly had a strong desire.
But every inch of her divine body began to dissipate, reminding her all the time that her end was coming.
Is this death?
It was obviously not the first time that she faced such an end, but the goddess Luna had an experience she had never experienced before.
What exactly is death?
For mortals, the answer would probably be simple.
Thinking stops, breathing stops, and heartbeat stops. All life responses cease to exist. It is no longer possible to respond to the outside world, and it is no longer possible to interfere with the outside world.
But as a god, she does not need to breathe at all, and has no heartbeat at all. In the final analysis, it is very ridiculous to define a god based on the form of life itself.
But…………
Although it doesn't matter whether she is alive or not, isn't what she is experiencing now death?
The moon under my feet is still moving according to its eternal trajectory.
However, as if to reflect the death of her, the goddess of the moon, the sunlight that always shines on the moon, that light that is always reflected by her on the earth, is now gradually obscured by the broken earth. stand up.
The originally silvery moon surface gradually turned blood red.
Lunar eclipse......?
Although it was rare, it was by no means an uncommon sight, but it was very eye-catching in Luna's eyes at this moment.
Even with the dilapidated blue planet, it was still easy to cover up her light.
Ah, I really want to keep watching.
Maybe this story of human self-rescue will one day succeed.
And humanity's adventure is far from over.
Ah...so that's it?
Luna suddenly understood why she did not consider her previous dissipation as death, and why she considered it as death now.
She still wants to keep watching.
The future of mankind is still promising, human adventures are far from over, and human dreams and ideals are far from dead.
Didn’t the humans who overcame all difficulties and arrived here prove this to themselves?
Human desires may indeed be difficult to satisfy.
But perhaps it is this desire that makes life worth living.
If human beings truly desire and desire nothing, then the day of human extinction will truly come.
That desire may have given birth to short-sighted stupidity and despicability, but it also gave birth to dreams and ideals.
She who had always looked at dreams and ideals for so many years, and who had only looked at stupidity and despicable things since then, were probably both wrong.
That's why it's so troublesome.
So, let’s confirm the answer one last time.
Ignoring the other people in Chaldea who were following her, the goddess Luna looked at Apollo who walked out of the cabin at some point and came to her in a space suit, and then asked:
"Tell me, why are humans who are so afraid of nature that they need to pray to gods for protection not afraid of the vast universe and the many unknowns?"
Facing the Moon Goddess' question, Apollo just shook his head, and then said calmly:
"How can humans not be afraid when facing the unknown... However, I think humans have never had more than one personality. Generalizing an entire species would already be biased. Indeed, some people will be confused by this. Fear, but there will be people who will explore because of it. Indeed, there will be people who are despicable, but there will also be noble people. Perhaps it is that fear and despicability that will give birth to courage and nobility.
If there is no cruel reality, how can human beings build beautiful dreams and ideals? Have dreams and ideals been killed by human hands?
No, it was just taken away temporarily. "
Taking one step at a time in low gravity, Apollo slowly approached the goddess Luna.
Compared to the tall body of the goddess, Apollo, who was just an ordinary child, looked so small.
"Dreams cannot be killed."
Apollo's childish voice overlapped with another voice.
Luna, whose surroundings turned pure white, turned around and saw a slightly funny sheep appearing in front of her.
It seems that for her, everything is over.
"Then what exactly is the me who was killed?"
"Well, then the answer is very simple. Anyway, it is not as beautiful as the incarnation of dreams and ideals you thought before. Perhaps, it is just a tool used by humans for excessive use, and it is naturally pushed away when it is not needed."
"I am a god."
"Isn't that what gods are? Human creations (Artifacts)."
"Oh, you are obviously the Artifact, but you actually have the right to say that? Apollo."
This time, what Luna was calling was not Apollo, the servant who combined an astronaut and an aircraft, but the real god Apollo.
"It is precisely because I am both a creature and a god that I am qualified to say this. There is not much difference between the two. Just like obsolete machinery, it is natural for gods to be eliminated. Human beings have... No need for gods.”
In the pure white space, Apollo's voice echoed back and forth.
"You said that, but didn't you actually help the boy with the same name as you?"
The goddess Luna knew very well that without the help of this funny-looking god, even with the protection of Heracles's Noble Phantasm, that Apollo would not have been able to remain unharmed under her eyes for so long.
"Then it doesn't fall under the category of help from the gods - at best, it's just a little help for personal purposes after seeing the shadow of my past self."
