The Primordial White's meaning might have seemed hard to grasp at first.
But put another way: imagine a mere soldier marching up to the emperor and demanding a one-on-one duel.
When the emperor's troops swarm in and beat the soldier senseless, can the soldier complain that they're not playing fair?
Neither Little Black nor Little White had ever separated themselves from Damien in their calculations.
They had always seen themselves as extensions of his power—blades held in his hand.
Zeus couldn't even defeat the familiars Damien had summoned.
And yet he wanted to talk about honor with them?
First beat down the servants under Damien's command, walk up to the man himself, and then you can talk about honor!
"Ridiculous nonsense!!!"
Zeus didn't need to look to know exactly who the "that person" Testarossa spoke of was.
It was the child of man who had stood beside the two Heretic Gods earlier!
From Zeus's perspective, Damien was nothing special.
At most, the fact that the mortal could remain calm in the face of divine might was mildly praiseworthy.
But that was all!
"You come from beyond the domain, stealing the myths of others, and now you have sunk so low as to bow your heads before a mere child of man."
Zeus's fury shook the heavens. "I despise you. You are unworthy of being called gods!"
His majestic voice echoed across the world.
Terrifying magical energy threatened to tear both Hell and Heaven to pieces!
"Sky—Uranus—understand my rage!"
"I am the son of Cronus who makes thunder roar, summoner of clouds, lord of storms."
"Come, North Wind Boreas, rush here from the farthest north! South Wind Notus who brings the storm, hurry to my side! West Wind Zephyrus and East Wind Eurus, do not lag behind!"
"Accept the judgment of my thunder—Keraunos!"
This was Zeus's true Authority, the supreme thunder that symbolized judgment, verdict, and destruction.
"Is this what an Authority looks like?"
The sealed space shattered under the lightning. The entire sky seemed to split open as blinding light and roaring thunder lashed out like the whip of a judge, mercilessly striking everything in the mortal realm.
Then came the second bolt, the third, dozens, hundreds.
Gold, blue, white, black—
Violent lightning of every color, each carrying a completely different law, engulfed the red dragon's body.
Dragon scales shattered. Blood sprayed.
The judgment lightning of the Greek god-king was so powerful that even the body of the most ancient dragon-serpent—Satan—could not fully withstand it.
"Ugh…"
The massive red dragon falling from the sky let out a pained cry, yet the one screaming in agony was the thunder giant wielding the thunderbolt.
"An extremely powerful Authority."
Diablo looked at the destroyed Hell and the shattered heavenly palace and genuinely praised Zeus's strength.
The god-king was formidable, and the Authority in his hand rivaled a high-tier Ultimate Skill.
Even a Seven Deadly Sins-level Ultimate Skill would be crushed by that raw, savage power.
In other words, simply by possessing this Authority, the Heretic God Zeus already fought at the level of a high-tier Awakened Demon Lord.
Yet he had made one fatal mistake: he had unleashed his lightning on Testarossa before understanding the true nature of her power.
"Pride—punish the arrogant with heavy burden!"
"Envy—punish the jealous by sewing shut their eyes!"
"Wrath—punish the furious with choking black smoke!"
"Sloth—punish the lazy by forcing them to run!"
"Greed—punish the greedy by making them lie prostrate!"
"Gluttony—punish the gluttonous with starvation!"
"Lust—punish the lustful with flames!"
The seven heads of the red dragon each chanted one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust—the so-called Seven Deadly Sins!
With every line Testarossa spoke, Zeus's divine power dropped by a fraction.
Not only that, his body grew unbearably heavy, his eyes went blind, his mouth and nose clogged, and he began coughing nonstop.
His stamina drained away. A terrible hunger stabbed through the god-king like countless blades, tearing his internal organs to shreds!
But that was not all.
The greatest counter to Zeus—and the most important final Authority—had not yet fallen.
If one were asked what part of Zeus's mythology left the strongest impression, everyone would point to his endless lust.
The essence of Greek myth was reproduction and proliferation.
Every generation of god-king—first, second, or third—had the duty to expand the divine race.
That was why the sky god Uranus was castrated and immediately lost his position as god-king.
A male god without the ability to reproduce had no right to rule the Greek pantheon.
"You carry so many sins, god-king of Greece."
After taking the divinities of both Satan and Lilith, Testarossa had gained many Authorities.
One of them allowed her to judge humans, spirits, and gods from the perspective of the Seven Deadly Sins.
If Zeus's thunder was raw violence that tore apart justice without reason, then the Seven Deadly Sins dissected, trampled, and punished the individual from the very core of their nature!
"AAAAAHH!!!"
The next moment Zeus let out a heart-wrenching scream of agony.
Flames—unimaginable, boundless karmic flames—erupted from every myth connected to Zeus, pouring out of his heart and soul through the sin of lust.
"Die!!!"
Zeus, driven nearly mad by the flames of lust, unleashed every ounce of power left in his body.
At that moment he was like an enraged ram. The strength he displayed was in no way inferior to either Testarossa or Diablo.
He was not only a god-king but a warrior, a revolutionary!
No matter how unflattering the myths painted him, Zeus represented the steel hero—the male symbol who overthrew matriarchal society.
In his clouded state, Zeus had brought out the full might of his heroic aspect.
Boom!
Seeing the charging Zeus, Diablo didn't hesitate. He met the god-king head-on.
On paper the two of them were stronger than Zeus.
But letting the frenzied Zeus fight Testarossa would leave her injured even if she won.
That would be bad for their later harvesting of more Heretic Gods.
So Diablo stepped in without a second thought and single-handedly stopped the rampaging Zeus.
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