Chapter 179: Drag the Good Goddess into the Water (8k a day completed)

Seeing his savior with a painful expression of regret, Lorne hurriedly comforted him.

"Don't worry, I did it very cleanly. With Ares's brain, he will never be able to trace it back to me!"

"So, he came to the Sea of Oceanus to cause trouble for us?"

Thetis looked across quietly, her silver teeth grinding, her blue eyes filled with grief and indignation.

"This, unexpected..."

Loen laughed dryly and tried to quibble, but under the murderous gaze of the sea goddess, he finally turned his head away guiltily.

Well, he did it on purpose.

Going to the beach specifically for the decisive battle, the protection and healing bestowed upon him by the power of the ocean, the incarnation of the ocean divinity, the [Giant Whale], and the aura of the [Spear of Nation-Building] disappearing at sea...

With so many factors added together, even Athena, who is known for her wisdom, would be confused and would first suspect the sea gods, not to mention the stubborn Ares.

What's more, the Olympian gods represented by Zeus have just taken action against the Sea of Oceanus.

Both the motive and the reason are terrifying.

By the way, the [Dice of Chance] on him, plus the divine blessing of literature and memory bestowed upon him by the Nine Muses, has maxed out the BUFF of doing good deeds without leaving a name.

Even if Ares projects his consciousness onto the King of Thracian, the strong [randomness] and [memory divinity] of the scene will affect his perception and memory, and he will be induced to make wrong judgments.

No, everything is just as I had predicted.

The only thing that was overlooked was that he was rescued by the sea goddess Thetis.

But this woman was a nymph known for her wisdom, and she was caught red-handed in her shameless act of framing the sea gods.

This is difficult...

Loen raised his head and stroked his chin, looking dimly at Thetis in front of him.

Sensing the two gazes from the opposite side falling on her, the sea goddess was suddenly startled and subconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to directly use her innate transformation technique to jump into the sea and escape.

However, before she took a few steps, a hand pressed on her shoulder and pulled her weak body back to the fire.

"Don't be nervous. You are my benefactor. How could I repay kindness with hatred? Besides, if I really want to attack you, is it necessary to wait for you to wake up?"

That is true...

Thetis thought for a moment, let down his guard a little, and asked in a cold voice.

"So what do you want?"

"It's not what I want, it's what you want."

Lorne smiled, held up two fingers, and showed an open and honest attitude.

"You have two choices now: First, run out and tell on me. Of course, I won't admit it, and I will destroy all the evidence against me."

Without thinking, Thetis simply discarded this answer.

It was easy to sell out the guy next to him, but this was equivalent to directly offending Hestia, who had a very good relationship with people, and the goddesses who had a close relationship with him.

For example, Athena and Artemis...

The current state of the Oceanus Sea is such that even Ares can't handle it.

What’s more, they are the other three main gods?

"Second, pretend you know nothing and keep the secret to yourself. In return, I will leave early tomorrow morning and attract Ares' attention once, but Oceanus' affairs will have nothing to do with me after that."

Thetis pursed her lips, turned her head to look at the scarlet sea in the distance, and immediately understood what Lorne meant.

This concerns his own safety. There is no way that he can expect this little bastard to openly admit it and take the blame.

His greatest concession was to lure Ares away once and add a few more suspects.

But this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. Once the target of pursuit disappears, the blame will still fall on the heads of the sea gods.

By then, who knows what kind of revenge the reckless man who has been fooled again will take?

Without Poseidon in charge, the Sea of Oceanus could not withstand the turmoil caused by the deliberate suppression of His Majesty the God King.

What's more, the ones who are in the front now are her sister and father.

So, this is not a good way out.

After a moment's silence, Thetis spoke slowly.

"What about the third way? You probably have another plan you didn't mention."

Look, communicating with smart people is very comfortable.

At this moment, a happy smile appeared on Loen's face, and he raised his hand to applaud the keenness of the sea goddess.

"The third thing is that we all work together to solve the problem of the Oceanus Sea."

Trouble in the Sea of Oceanus? You're the one who framed me!

Looking at the shameless face of the culprit in front of her, Thetis was suddenly furious.

But in the end, her usual rationality made her calm down quickly and she began to question the feasibility of this plan.

"I am no match for Ares, and as for you... I guess you are no match for me either, right?"

"There's no need to fight to the death, just a little sacrifice is enough."

Loen shook his head, smiled and spoke, his eyes immediately fell on the sea goddess.

Thetis' heart trembled, and she subconsciously stood up from her seat and covered her chest tightly.

"Look, you're nervous again."

With a look of reproach on his face, Loen raised his hand to pull the vigilant sea goddess back to the negotiation table, while smiling to comfort her.

"Don't worry, it's not you, nor the ocean deity, it's another one."

"Really?" Thetis asked doubtfully.

"You are my benefactor! Would I harm you? If you don't believe me, I'm leaving now."

Loen frowned and pretended to leave the island.

Seeing that the bastard who had passed the buck was about to run away, Thetis immediately pulled back the culprit who claimed to have a remedy, and her pretty face turned slightly dark.

"explain!"

However, Lorne did not rush to speak, but just asked meaningfully.

"You know what's the quickest way to cover up a lie that's gotten out of hand?"

Thetis pondered for a moment and slowly said, "A bigger lie?"

Loen smiled but did not answer. Instead, he looked at the scarlet sea and spoke meaningfully.

"I heard that the goddess of love Aphrodite had a beloved lover in Cyprus named Adonis, but he had always been at odds with the god of war..."

"!"

In an instant, Thetis's face froze, and she realized the man's true intention and lost her voice in shock.

"Are you crazy?"

"I didn't do anything."

Lorne spread his hands, looking innocent.

"I saw our Lord Ares go down to the mortal world several times and try to fight with Adonis, but he couldn't find the shadow of His Royal Highness the Prince, so I was kind enough to help him."

“…”

Looking at the kind-hearted person in front of her, Thetis was speechless.

Without having to think about it, she knew what evil this guy was up to.

This was clearly an attempt to use the matter of Adonis to stir up a dispute between the two main gods, Ares and Aphrodite.

In this way, the god of war naturally had no time to wander around the Sea of Oceanus or continue to cause trouble for the sea gods.

After a few years, when Poseidon returns after serving his sentence, even if Ares remembers the past, he may not have the chance to make trouble like he does now.

However, this requires a prerequisite.

Be it covering lies with lies or using disputes to resolve issues.

What happens on the island of Cyprus must be a bigger deal than what happens on the sea!

In other words…

Thetis looked at the smiling young god in the firelight, her heart sank and she bit her lips tightly.

"Let me think about it..."

"It's okay. Ares doesn't dare to make too much trouble for the time being. You can think about it slowly."

Lorne smiled indifferently and stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.

"Or, on the bright side, he might be a reasonable god."

As Thetis returned to her bedroom with a complicated expression and closed the door, Lorne picked up a few dead branches from different trees around him and threw them into the fire, watching with interest as they burned in the flames and turned into indistinguishable ashes.

In ancient China, when recruiting accomplices, the outlaws of the green forest often asked the defectors with clean backgrounds to make a pledge of allegiance in order to add an extra layer of insurance.

——That is, to do something bad together.

In this way, both parties can feel at ease with each other, knowing each other's weakness.

Similarly, this is actually what Loen himself is doing.

Since Thetis had seen through some of his little secrets, to be on the safe side, of course she would take the opportunity to pull him onto her own pirate ship.

And the lovely Prince Adonis is their token of allegiance.

Of course, even if she refused, Loen would not repay kindness with enmity and would kill the sea goddess who had just helped him.

If necessary, I can use the [Memory Divinity] to mess up or tamper with some of her memories.

But in comparison, he still hoped that the sea goddess, who was smart enough, would stand on his side.

In front of the fire that crackled from time to time, a sinister man who was planning to drag a decent goddess into trouble carefully recalled the previous communication between the two parties, raised his hand to stroke his chin, and a hint of thoughtful amusement revealed between his eyebrows.

Didn't refuse directly?

So, she probably knew where Aphrodite secretly hid Adonis?

What a pleasant surprise.

"Die! Die! All of you, die!"

The figure surrounded by blood on the sea continued to vent its anger towards innocent creatures. Large patches of scarlet quickly spread across the sea, and the mutilated corpses of sea beasts floated up one after another.

On the island, the real culprit and the accomplice involved in the crime were lost in their own thoughts during the long night.

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The next morning, Thetis walked out of the bedroom with a tired face. The bloodshot eyes and the depressed mental state clearly proved that the goddess of the sea had been tormented by troubles all night.

Lorne, who was sitting in front of the embers, did not rush to ask questions. Instead, he pointed at the freshly heated oatmeal and asked considerately.

"Would you like some breakfast?"

Thetis opened her mouth and was about to speak, but she seemed to hear some high-frequency sound. Her face changed and she immediately turned and rushed to the shore.

Something happened?

Luo En was stunned, put down the bowl of soup, and immediately stood up and followed.

As the two men passed through the dense forest and came to the shallows near the sea, several snow-white dolphins with bruises all over their bodies gathered in the blood-red bay.

Around them, the corpses of their own kind and other marine creatures such as seahorses, whales, octopuses, etc. were washed ashore in large numbers.

Seeing Thetis coming, the remaining marine creatures cried out in pain as if they had seen their sheltering mother, accusing the murderer of brutality.

But as their vitality faded, their reactions gradually became weaker.

Upon seeing this, Thetis quickly summoned clear sea water to nourish and heal their wounds, and then took these innocent victims back to the sea to settle them.

However, compared to the vast sea area that was almost covered with scarlet, the efforts of this sea goddess seemed insignificant.

What's worse is that the bloody storm that had been raging on the sea all night showed no sign of stopping. Instead, it followed the escape route of the marine creatures and rolled straight towards the island where Thetis was.

A reasonable God? I'm afraid that if I hand him over, there might not be a good outcome, right?

Thetis looked at the bloody light coming fiercely on the sea, as well as the large number of marine creatures that suffered because of the anger, and recalled someone's comfort last night, feeling extremely ironic.

I have retreated again and again, but you are still pressing me forward.

In this case, I can only seek justice in my own way.

Seeing that the blood light that stretched from sky to earth was less than a hundred miles away, the Ocean Goddess immediately made up her mind and turned to look at Loen behind her.

"In the Borislin Bay, near the Aphrodite Rock!"

Hearing the answer from the other side, Lorne smiled happily and extended his hand to Thetis formally and friendly.

“It’s a pleasure to work with you…”

(End of this chapter)