The Greece Antagonist

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Gazing at the figure disappearing into the horizon, Athena, who had been rooted to the door, felt an inexplicable shudder of fear, as if sensing something ominous was about to happen.

It was just a trip out, as usual, this cheeky young man was slippery as an eel, always taking advantage and never at a loss, how could anything possibly go wrong?

Well, perhaps I'm just overthinking it.

Athena reassured herself, yet unconsciously her fingers tore a piece of parchment into shreds.

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Meanwhile, a white seagull skimmed rapidly over the sea, as if fleeing from some catastrophic beast.

Behind it, a youth with sea-green hair, armored and belted with a bow and arrows, holding a cross-spear, was chasing the seagull relentlessly aboard a majestic black Pegasus.

This was the revelation of fate, and a perfect match bestowed upon him by Father God Zeus.

Once he accomplished this feat and captured that goddess, he too would ascend to become an immortal deity, forever enjoying divine favor atop Mount Olympus.

Seeing the graceful figure starting to pull away, the sea-green haired young hero uncapped his longbow, placed a golden arrow engraved with dense runes onto it, and slowly drew the bowstring full, aiming at the seagull ahead.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow tore through the air, and the white seagull, mid-flap and unable to evade, was instantly pierced through its right wing.

"Plop!"

Blood splattered as the seagull's body trembled, let out a mournful cry, and plummeted into the ocean, transforming into an elegant goddess with golden hair and clad in a white chiffon dress.

—It was none other than Thetis, the ocean nymph renowned for her wisdom.

Upon hitting the water, she immediately suppressed her pain and emitted a high-pitched song.

Moments later, a white dolphin heeded the call and, obediently lifting her, carried her swiftly towards the deep sea.

Feeling that the pursuer was finally getting farther behind, Thetis gritted her teeth, managed to pull the arrow from her shoulder, and after briefly applying healing magic to the wound, she wrapped one arm around the dolphin's neck, looked towards the desolate expanse of the ocean, and felt waves of desolation washing over her.

Despite all precautions and concessions, disaster had still found its way to her door.

Zeus had decided to marry her off to Aeacus's son Peleus and had generously gifted the young hero with Pegasus, a longbow, a spear, and armor, urging him to harass her in the Sea of Okeanos.

Thetis had clearly expressed her refusal, but the dismissive Father God promised that once Peleus succeeded, he himself would arrange a grand wedding, giving her to Peleus and granting him divinity.

With such temptation laid before him, the young hero relentlessly pursued her.

Unwilling to yield, Thetis fled all the way to the depths of the Sea of Okeanos and sought aid from her father Nereus, her sister Queen of the Sea, and her brother-in-law Poseidon.

Yet no one from the sea dared respond or intervene.

When she saw that the three Hundred-Handed Giants, normally lurking in the Primordial Ocean, were for once wandering the outer Sea of Okeanos, the astute Thetis immediately understood the sequence of events.

Clearly, the Father God had noticed some insubordination among the ocean deities and was using her as an example to set a warning, or to forcibly bring them to heel.

After all, she was the strategist of the ocean deities, daughter of Nereus, sister to the Queen of the Sea, with enough stature and renown.

But tragically, whether it was her feeble father, her scheming sister and brother-in-law, even upon witnessing her being driven to a dead-end, no one dared to lend a hand or arouse Zeus's ire.

And she, was destined to be just a sacrificial piece in this game of power.

Feeling the divine blood continuously ebbing away, Thetis looked down at the wound on her shoulder which refused to heal, and her heart sunk.
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The arrow was imbued with exceptional divine power; she was likely to lose her strength soon.

The feeling of dizziness in her head grew stronger, and the sounds behind her drew nearer, Thetis, clutching the warm piece of metal in her hand, could no longer hold on and slipped off the dolphin, floating atop the vast ocean.

At that moment, Peleus, who had been pursuing all along, saw the exquisite creature powerless to struggle any further, and a smile of triumph spread across his face as he commanded the Pegasus to dive towards his target.

"Bang!"

However, just as the Pegasus flapped its wings, its head exploded into a mass of gore; the sky-piercing golden red light plunged into the sea, and through a mass of steaming mist, a pair of arms lifted the unconscious Thetis.

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