The Greece Antagonist

At night, a rich aroma of meat wafted into the cabin, stirring Artemis from her slumber.

"Hungry? Want something to eat?"

On deck, Luo En turned around with a smile as he heard the movement behind him, handing two juicy, perfectly grilled fish to the Goddess of the Hunt as she emerged from the cabin.

Artemis took the skewer and bit into a piece of fish, savoring it with obvious pleasure and satisfaction creeping onto her face.

However, seeing Luo En's empty hands, the Goddess of the Hunt subconsciously offered one of the grilled fish to him.

"Would you like some?"

"No need!"

Luo En's expression changed immediately as he waved his hands and firmly refused the kind offer.

The previous experience of drifting at sea had left him with a psychological shadow; now the mere sight of fish nearly made him nauseous.

Artemis didn't say much, merely giving Luo En a deep look before she buried her head to enjoy both grilled fish, while her eyes under the night sky seemed to flicker with complexity.

As the Goddess of the Hunt quietly ate her meal, Luo En wasn't idle either. First, he summoned drudgery-performing Draconians with the few Teeth of Pithos he carried to row for him.

Then, he took off the War God's military belt from his waist, sensing the divinity of warfare it contained, trying to achieve a new breakthrough.

To be honest, even Luo En wasn't entirely sure of himself on this journey. It was always good to have a bit more self-protection before reaching Cyprus Island.

While the idea was promising, extracting more of the divinity of warfare from the War God's military belt was not a simple task.

Luo En could only feel that the violent power inside seemed to be resisting him stealthily.

"Stop thinking, feel the flow of blood surge, and try to let your body follow its instincts..."

As he was struggling to find a way, a faint reminder came from the side of the ship.

Luo En tried it and indeed drew more divinity of warfare from the War God's military belt.

By this time, Artemis, who had finished one grilled fish, dropped her skewer and turned around to explain leisurely.

"Ares's power as the War God stems from the instinctual ferocity and destructiveness rooted in life. Unlike you and Athena, you think too much."

So that was it!

Luo En suddenly understood, but then, with a hint of subtlety in his expression, he thought.

These words, don't they sound like an insult?

Ares is thoughtless, but Athena and I are too cunning?

Yet, it also didn't seem incorrect.

Ares's divinity of warfare seemed more primitive, the kind where actions are taken before thoughts. The more one thinks, the less pure the desire for slaughter and battle becomes, leading to greater resistance to this divinity.

But how did Artemis know this secret about the core of divinity?

Weren't she and Apollo at odds with Hera's family?

As if sensing Luo En's confusion, Artemis dropped the second skewer and spoke nonchalantly.

"Because, I am also a War God..."

Hm?

Instantly, a big question mark appeared over Luo En's head.

And it was only after the Goddess of the Hunt's light explanation that he learned that apart from being the Goddess of Archery and the Hunt, Artemis was also worshipped as the Goddess of War in the Byzantine city-state of Ancient Greece and certain primitive regions due to her being a formidable warrior.

Besides, during the Titanomachy, Zeus, who rode the chariot of time and wielded the thunderbolt, victorious in every battle, also held a portion of the War God's authority.

Even Aphrodite, whom they were seeking, was a War God.

In Cyprus, Kythira Island, Sparta, and other places, she was venerated as an armored War God — which might trace back to her original Eastern image or perhaps due to her close relationship with Ares.

...

After listening to Artemis's lecture, Luo En looked at the War God's military belt in his hands with a constipated face.

So it turns out any deity can flaunt a bit of the divinity of warfare and take up a part-time job as a War God.

But Ares himself, the actual War God, seemed to be trampled upon by everyone. Wasn't that too demeaning?

Seeing the frustration on Luo En's face, Artemis meaningfully reminded him.

"So many have taken a share of the War God's power, yet Ares still ranks among the Twelve Olympians. You should contemplate how powerful its complete form truly is."

Upon hearing her words, Luo En shivered inside and immediately put aside his previous disdain for the War God's power.

That's right!

The divinity of warfare was so truncated, and still, Ares maintained his sovereign authority among the Chief Gods. No wonder Zeus was so wary of his own son, constantly setting traps for him.

However, turning the conversation back, the more dispersed War God's power was, the more advantageous it was for Luo En, an outsider.

Simply because it made it easier for him to undercut the competition.

Well, it seemed he could continue shearing wool on the side of his great-grandfather.

While securing the War God's military belt back at his waist, Luo En nodded to himself with ulterior motives.

By then, Artemis, who had filled her stomach, pointed toward the cabin and suggested to Luo En.

"The journey is long, you should rest as well."

Facing the Goddess of the Hunt's kindness, Luo En didn't decline, rising to walk towards the cabin.

However, as he was about to step inside, he abruptly stopped and looked back.

"Why don't you come in and sleep too? There's quite a bit of room in the cabin."

"Guard the night..."

"They'll keep watch."

"Fine!"

Artemis glanced at the Draconians on the deck, seemingly possessed by a momentary whim, and nodded, following Luo En's footsteps.

But as they entered, both standing over a meter eighty tall side by side, the space seemed cramped, and their bodies couldn't help but collide.