Fate/Ultimate Antagonist

[98] I Accept You

An unyielding will that couldn't be crushed by pain and despair.

Yet, it was utterly shattered by gentleness.

At the peak of Mount Olympus, within the temple.

The assembled gods gazed almost frozen in place.

They watched as the blood-colored devilish body before them slowly expanded and swelled, countless grotesque arms sprouting from it, each arm opening countless eerie eyes.

Eyes sprouted from the arms.

Eyes continued to grow on the arms.

It was a gaze that instilled fear and sent shivers down one's spine... the gaze of being watched.

Countless human skulls piled and rolled on its grotesque body, emitting a mournful howl and wail.

The fear of death among people, and the boy's desire to survive, combined with the overwhelming malice towards this world, ultimately shaped the ultimate destiny.

Chaos God Khorne who brings slaughter, death, destruction, and ruin to all living things, born from the sadistic nature of this planet.

It was called the Death Devil.

Above the sky of Mount Olympus, the clouds were dark and gloomy, and a thick, blood-like rain began to pour down, as if the entire world was weeping.

Seeing this scene that shook their very core.

All the Machine Gods present turned pale in an instant.

Kratos... he had never been possessed by a devil before, nor had he been eroded by the vanguard of the wandering star.

He was awake, incredibly awake... the ferocious mask of slaughter was merely a disguise he wore.

But now, at this moment.

Kratos, who had always stood on the edge of the abyss of reason, was finally completely overwhelmed and crushed by the gentleness and hope from Athena.

So, he fell.

Fell into the abyss of wanting to survive.

"..."

Athena held her daughter's hand, her expression blank as she stared at the scene before her.

Why...

...Why did it come to this?

She didn't intend for this.

Indeed, Kratos's disguise was almost perfect.

The desire to slaughter humans stemmed from the devilish nature.

The desire to destroy gods stemmed from the instinct of the vanguard of the wandering star.

He was eroded by both during his battle with Hades, so his desire to slaughter both humans and gods was logically flawless.

But...

It was too excessive to broadcast this to all of Greece.

Even if he wanted humans to witness the brutal deaths of the gods, there was no need to issue a declaration of destroying cities in seven days.

This... would only spread fear across the land.

With Kratos's current power, rushing up to Mount Olympus or destroying the cities of Greece would be as easy as eating and drinking for him.

So...

His actions and words were contradictory.

There was no need to declare the slaughter of humans.