The Greece Antagonist

Zeus then commanded Hephaestus to strip its fleece and horn, making the Aegis Shield and the Horn of Plenty, respectively.

In the end, the supreme defensive Aegis Shield was divided in two, one side belonged to Zeus, and the other to the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena.

Of the two Horns of Plenty, one was in the hands of Zeus, used to entertain the gods at feasts, while the other was in the hands of the Agriculture Goddess Demeter, symbolizing the inheritance of the Mother Earth Goddess and the Agriculture Goddess.

Unexpectedly, one of them had actually ended up in the hands of Persephone.

And judging by the divinity that controlled plants, it must have been the one from her mother Demeter.

The Agriculture Goddess actually gave away her Own Artifact, her mother's love for her daughter indeed ran deep.

"It's not just these that I hold..."

As if seeing through her friend's thoughts, Persephone smiled and lightly raised her hand.

The verdant vines binding the two of them withered in an instant, and the accumulated dense death-energy transformed into dark grey Underworld Serpents, tightening their grip on their limbs even further, with crimson tongues flicking in front of them, exuding a strong scent of blood and death.

The Agriculture Goddess Demeter, as her mother, had granted her the grace of life, and Hades, the God of the Underworld and her husband, shared with her the authority of the Netherworld.

Seeds, abundance, the Netherworld, death... These were all within the Queen of the Underworld's realm of authority.

Therefore, Persephone, having become the Queen of the Underworld, was no longer the person she once was.

"Come here."

The Goddess in the shade beckoned Luo En with a crooked finger, and the Underworld Serpents formed of condensed death-energy dragged him before Persephone, hanging him in the humiliating pose of a "big" letter.

Persephone walked up, lazily lifting her lotus arm, her pale fingertips sliding inch by inch across Luo En's face, whispering with a smile.

"For trespassing the Netherworld, intending to abduct the dead souls, along with kidnapping me, these are all capital offenses. How do you think I should deal with you?"

"Cough, this is a misunderstanding, I can explain. Why not let me down first?"

Luo En coughed and twisted his body, trying to regain the initiative.

"Don't move!"

However, before he could come up with convincing lines, Persephone's face suddenly changed, and she pressed down hard on his chest with her hand that had slid there.

"Rip!"

Along with the sound of tearing fabric, Luo En felt a chill on his chest as his shirt turned to shreds, fluttering away, leaving his fit and streamlined upper body fully exposed.

Seeing her close friend carry out such an indecent act in front of her, Thetis grew anxious.

"Persephone, have you lost your mind? Stop it at once!"

However, before the Ocean Goddess could continue to scold, the Underworld Queen in front swiftly raised her hand, and a vine whip erupting from the ground struck Thetis on the back of her neck, knocking her out.

Watching the Underworld Queen turn her gloomy gaze back to his exposed upper body, Luo En's heart chilled, and he couldn't help but swallow nervously.

Is this... going to take advantage of a friend under distress?
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Perhaps I misunderstood?

Just as Luo En's confused thoughts were about to turn into mush, he heard a soft whisper in his ear.

"The Wheel of Hecate..."

Persephone's cool fingertips lightly touched the circular black brand that had appeared on Luo En's chest without him noticing, and her once radiant face gradually turned grim.

"She's found you again?"

"Hecate?"

Luo En instinctively took up the thread, his expression flickering.

Based on the reaction of the Queen of the Underworld in front of him, her relationship with Hecate seemed not as close as legends suggested.

Perhaps this was an opportunity!

A thought struck Luo En, and with a feigned sincerity, he answered half-truthfully and half-falsely.

"She saved me, raised me, and taught me a lot. She is like a second mother and teacher to me..."

"A teacher? A mother?"

However, these words seemed to have touched a raw nerve for Persephone, who muttered darkly, looking somewhat resentfully at Luo En who was hanging before her, and scolded.

"Once again you've been fooled! How many more times will you be deceived?"

"?"

Luo En opened his mouth, his face promptly showing a suitable expression of bewilderment.

Seeing this, Persephone seemed to lose interest, and with a relaxed wave of her right hand, the Underworld Serpents that bound Luo En dispersed into mist.

"Listen, do not trust that woman!"

"You mean... Teacher Hecate?"

"Exactly, everything she does is for her own sake!"

Persephone hissed through clenched teeth, then extended her cold hands, cradling Luo En's cheeks, with an indescribable sadness in her eyes.

"Listen to me, live well, don't do anything. Whether it's inevitable fate or random chance, these are things beyond your control. In their eyes, you are just a pawn..."

"..."

Luo En's face still looked confused and naive, but his eyes began to show a hint of sharpness.

Indeed, it was no accident that Hecate found him.

Similarly, the never-born Porus, the Revived from Death Zagreus, the Born Again to Die Dionysus... none of these were accidents. They were all Hecate's choices to challenge inevitable fate with "random possibility."

More precisely, they were pawns on the chessboard, chips on the gambling table, and with each roll of the dice, they were there to gain the greatest benefit for her in the gamble with fate.

It was probably because she saw a reflection of her son Zagreus in him that the Queen of the Underworld was so distraught and had such complex emotions towards him.