"Earth King, if you are willing to stop, we respect your power and will no longer pursue the execution of your wife, the Moon King."
Looking at Ryuya, the mechanical data of the Machine Gods Justice and Prosperity, which should have been emotionless, actually showed a trace of inexplicable emotion… fear.
Staring directly at the glossy metal faces of Justice and Prosperity, Ryuya suddenly remembered the despair from the Dragon Ball Z Movie where Goku and Vegeta fought Metal Cooler.
He couldn't even be bothered to speak. He just sighed inwardly, wondering why wasn't his maid done yet?
"Beast of the Apocalypse, Self-Modification."
Although he hadn't carried the bloodlines of the Ultimate Being and the King of Myriad Races, the Beast of the Apocalypse's Self-Modification had a similar effect. Transforming into Britain's White Dragon, overwhelming flames erupted from Ryuya's body.
As immense magical energy poured forth, the silver-white dragon scales began to show colors like a falling sunset.
Ryuya was starting to burn his own soul, erupting with his final radiance.
"Earth King, you're mad!"
As time passed, the Machine Gods Prosperity and Justice had also developed emotions they never had before.
Quickly judging that Ryuya was fighting for real this time, they actually had a question all along: why didn't Ryuya kill them?
Yes, having fought Ryuya until now, both Prosperity and Justice had to understand one thing: Ryuya's strength was sufficient to defeat them, and to kill them.
But Ryuya hadn't.
Now, even while burning his soul, the Earth King, their enemy, still hadn't made a move to kill them. Such behavior was extremely puzzling.
Not understanding the situation, the Machine Gods Justice and Prosperity already wanted to leave.
Just at that moment...
"Wait, this feeling is...?"
"The core forges!"
Seeming to sense something, the two Machine Gods simultaneously looked up at the sky, towards the location of the Moon's core.
Instantly understanding what had happened on the Moon they left, the two Machine Gods swiftly turned to flee. They needed to return to their core forges.
But…
"You, where do you think you're going?"
Rain fell wildly. The wind howled. The will representing Earth imprisoned the Machine Gods.
The gloomy sky held not a trace of light. A cold and merciless pupil cruelly watched everything.
That was the existence named Gaia.
Giving its chosen Earth King, Ryuya, the greatest recognition, at this final critical moment, the Counter Force Gaia finally appeared.
It no longer prioritized Earth itself, but prioritized Ryuya's existence, this Earth King.
With Gaia's help, the magical energy on Ryuya's body roared even more boundlessly, endlessly, ceaselessly.
With pressure like facing an abyss, the majesty of the Sun God descended at this moment.
The power of the Human King, Moon King, and Earth King merged into one, becoming the purest, most primordial fire.
That was the power belonging to Ryuya, and also his answer combining the three Kings.
"Eternal Sunshine."
"The Eternal Sun!"
All things exist, all things are lost.
The world, like mountains roaring and seas surging, was washed clean. The entity named torrential rain washed over the entire world.
Ending everything scorching, dark, icy, shining here, Britain's White Dragon replaced reality with the scenery in its heart, replacing the gods' existence with the King's will.
Boom!
[Gazing in the direction of your battle with the Machine Gods, all humans felt it… the feeling of something being lost.]
[Weeping, sorrow. The blood rain falling from the sky signaled the entire Earth was crying.]
[Clouds layered and fell. Looking at you, whose life fire had burned out, the Machine Gods Prosperity and Justice stood up.]
[In the end, you, who couldn't bring yourself to deliver the killing blow, fell at the last moment.]
[Facing you, who were about to vanish, Justice and Prosperity, after a brief moment of astonishment, began to mock brazenly, because they had survived.]
[But before they could laugh for more than a few seconds, these two beings comparable to planetary Ultimate Ones turned to ashes.]
[Behind them stood a goddess shining like the blazing sun… the pinnacle of mechanical gods, the strongest deity who had devoured the core forges of the Machine Gods Justice and Prosperity, who had swallowed the entire previous Lunar Epoch.]
[The maid Justice, or rather...]
["Master, I have returned."]
[Supporting you as you lay down, the figure filled with divinity, enough to drive one mad, preserved your existence. If she wished, you, as the Earth King, still had a chance to survive. After all, Gaia would also help you, so you would not die.]
[But...]
["Save your strength, Justice."]
[Your legs trembled, your body faded. You were intentionally returning your life force to the earth. This was you voluntarily giving up your own existence.]
["Listen, Justice!"]
["Devour those two Machine Gods, and then devour me as well."]
[Your strength was almost gone. You understood the Counter Force Alaya was still there.]
[Wanting to let humanity in this world continue living, even though you were the Earth's will, Gaia's Earth King, you were protecting humanity, protecting the humanity that the Counter Force Alaya wanted to replace… what an irony.]
[But... as the King, you were the King. Since you were the King, you naturally wouldn't do anything unbefitting of a King's status.]
[Protecting your people, continuing the world's existence, firmly sealing away the Counter Force Alaya… wasn't this the meaning of a King?]
[The King does not retreat!]
[The King does not waver!]
[The King leads the entire world!]
[Have the maid Justice devour the Machine Gods Justice and Prosperity, then devour your own existence. That way, a brand new, completely new deity could be born to guide the entire world.]
[This deity, like the ideal the Lunar Civilization once poured all its effort into creating, could infinitely suppress the existence of the Counter Force. As the sole True God, she would allow the faith of humanity to continue surviving.]
["Although I also thought about taking this position myself, it seems I cannot completely digest the two Machine Gods."]
[In Camelot, you chose to connect to the Root, extending the Age of Gods.]
[In Uruk, you chose to seal the gods, letting the King of Heroes Gilgamesh lead the world.]
[In the Snowfield City, you chose to seal the Root, making Heroic Spirits and Counter Forces disappear from this land.]
[And in this world, you originally thought the existence of the Earth King could perpetually save humanity. But the Machine Gods of the Lunar Civilization made you understand that relying on you alone was not enough.]
[The Earth King, ultimately, was just the spokesperson of the Earth's consciousness, Gaia. Even with the help of Crimson Moon and Nero, the Moon King and Human King, it was only enough to contend with the Counter Force Alaya.]
[If that was the case, then offer up your own existence as well, and let Justice, possessing the sole legacy of the Lunar Civilization, become humanity's new direction.]
["Listen well, Justice. Devour me, and become the eternal god."]
["Let humanity believe in you. Let humanity follow you. You will become the endless white flame, leading the world forward."]
[The dim, flickering embers gradually extinguished, but beneath the decaying remnant was the most dazzling light.]
[You never compromised with anything in the world. You walked a path of burning and roaring in the twilight.]
[But this path was the hardest, and also the best path.]
["I, Bloodriver Brunestud, never understood what retreat means, nor what concession means."]
["I only understand that what I need to do is ensure my people's well-being, to turn this Eternal Night Empire into the Eternal Sun."]
["And you, Justice, you are no longer the Machine God of the past, nor the split-off core. You have your own love, your own consciousness, everything that belongs to you."]
["So, devour me. Become the new god, the sole True God of both the Moon and Earth."]
["You... are no longer Justice. Your name... is Hope."]
[Upon the vast earth, having stated your final wishes, you entrusted everything to the deity named Hope. Because you believed that goddess representing the ultimate would completely sweep away the darkness of this eternal night, bringing the light of the sun to humanity.]
[Under the guidance of the Goddess Hope, nothing… not humanity's Counter Force, not the ruins of the Lunar Civilization, not the conflicts between Phantasmal Species and humans, would be a problem. Because everything, everything, had the most glorious future.]
[Fifth Simulation, Eternal Night Empire, Concluded!]