Chapter 60: Rather than prove yourself, it is better to discredit the enemy
"My lady goddess!"
When Ariadne, the high priest, saw the appearance of the person coming, her face lit up with joy, and she quickly trotted forward to greet him respectfully.
The old lion following closely behind humbly lowered his proud head, his eyes full of shame and bitterness.
"It is my fault that you have troubled me to come here in person."
"Okay, I'm not here to listen to this useless nagging."
Athena waved her hand, interrupting the pleasantries between King Minos and her own chief priest, waved to cast a barrier, and got straight to the point.
"Except for Knossos, what about the other cities? Tell me about it first."
Ariadne, the chief priest who was in charge of contacting various places, nodded respectfully and reported the situation summarized by all parties truthfully to the goddess Athena whom she served.
This naturally includes the restless behavior of her brothers.
After listening carefully, Athena nodded slightly, without much surprise on her face.
The situation of the Cretan cities was almost the same as what she had heard from little Medusa.
Although there were some unexpected losses due to negligence, they were still within controllable range.
As for how King Minos dealt with his disobedient sons, that was not his concern.
If he had to do even this little thing himself, then as the King of Crete, he might as well abdicate as soon as possible.
After simply filtering the existing information in her mind, Athena opened her eyes and looked at the old lion that looked a little old.
"Well, I roughly know what happened on the island. What about the sea? Is there any news about this sudden huge wave?"
"have!"
King Minos nodded heavily, his golden eyes exuding deep frustration and anger.
"During the time when you returned to Olympus, the Temple of Poseidon claimed that a group of Atlantis' royal guards disappeared in the coastal area of Oceanus. At the same time, a large number of sea monsters were slaughtered, including a demigod offspring of Poseidon..."
"So, they think the Minoans did it?"
Athena raised her eyebrows slightly, then nodded thoughtfully.
"That's right. It's not easy to hunt down a large number of God-Blooded Sea Monsters and a demigod offspring of Poseidon, and then make the Atlantis Guards who came to investigate disappear silently. Looking at the entire coastal area, it seems that only Crete can do this."
Then, Athena glanced at King Minos beside her and added another sentence.
"Besides, the motive is also reasonable..."
"My Lady Goddess, I have always remembered your teachings and have never done anything like this to provoke a dispute!"
King Minos immediately refuted and made a solemn promise.
"It's no use telling me this."
Athena raised her hand slightly, interrupting King Minos' self-testimony, which was as if he wanted to cut open his stomach and dig out his heart, and spoke quietly.
"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. The key is what the other party thinks? What does Poseidon think?"
"Based on these unsubstantiated speculations, is Poseidon going to punish us? Even the gods shouldn't be so unreasonable!"
King Minos's old face was filled with resentment and anger, and his fists were clenched tightly.
As a wise king who strictly enforced the law, what he could not tolerate the most was the behavior of arbitrarily trampling on the rules with power.
"Evidence? You want to ask the gods for evidence? Don't you understand after all this time? It's useless..."
Athena glanced at the angry King Minos, shook her head slightly, and pondered meaningfully.
"Because for them, once suspicion arises, the crime is already established!"
“…”
Hearing this cruel and subversive answer coming from the mouth of the main god he believed in, King Minos, who had tried his best to uphold justice and make strict judgments all his life, looked dejected and could not accept this heavy reality.
Seeing the old lion's reaction, Athena shook her head imperceptibly.
Although he has the ability to govern the country, he is too rigid and ultimately lacks flexibility.
Moreover, he is really old and can hardly control his own son...
The goddess of wisdom saw the old man’s white hair and the deep scars on his forehead left by the years, sighed softly, and whispered in a deep voice.
"Whether you have done this or not, it doesn't matter. The Temple of Poseidon has coveted Crete for a long time. They just want to find a reason to intervene. Do you understand?"
"clear……"
King Minos nodded, his voice old and weak.
"I am truly ashamed of your teachings and instructions..."
"Okay, this is not your fault, why blame yourself for such a trivial matter."
Athena waved her hand, looking calm and composed.
Something that doesn't matter?
Hearing her goddess's careless tone, the high priest Ariadne could not help but be secretly shocked and cautiously opened her mouth to remind her.
"But Your Highness, what if the Sea God Temple comes to hold you accountable?"
“Accountability?”
Athena pursed her lips and sneered coldly.
"What blame should I hold? Shouldn't I be the one to hold Poseidon accountable? He indiscriminately raised huge waves, which destroyed 17 seaports and 25 towns on Crete, submerged thousands of acres of fertile farmland, caused the deaths of thousands of people, and displaced tens of thousands of people. More than 300 large and small ships that went out to sea also sank because of him. Shouldn't he be held responsible first?"
"ah?"
Ariadne, who was standing by, was stunned when she heard that the loss had increased more than tenfold.
Even King Minos himself was a little confused.
Seeing the sincere reactions of the two, the Goddess of Wisdom touched her forehead helplessly and gave them a serious warning.
"Remember, when the other party is not going to reason, don't fall into the trap of self-justification and explain your innocence to others. The person who slanders you knows how innocent you are better than you do, and this kind of argument will never end."
King Minos and Princess Ariadne nodded as if they understood, but the confusion in their eyes proved that they were still unable to fully come to their senses for the time being.
Seeing this, Athena couldn't help but pinch her sore eyebrows and muttered to herself.
It's really tiring to explain these things to honest and simple people.
If that guy were here, he would definitely not need to explain and would be able to follow my train of thought...
The goddess of wisdom was muttering about a little bastard who rarely got on the same wavelength as her, while speaking in a more straightforward manner.
"The reason is simple. Since Poseidon can suspect that Crete massacred his blood relatives and destroyed his Atlantis Guards.
Then, I can also suspect that the Atlantis Guards did not disappear at all. It was all a frame-up directed and acted by him. The purpose was to launch another large-scale purge against mankind and then expand the theocracy of the ocean to the land.
The Father may not care about other things, but he will definitely ask about this kind of thing."
Hearing this, the father and daughter suddenly understood.
Yes, since these are all groundless guesses, who is cleaner than who?
Instead of proving yourself, it is better to discredit your enemies!
As long as things get big enough, Poseidon won't be able to intervene openly.
"Don't be happy too soon!"
However, before the father and daughter could relax, Athena poured a bucket of cold water on them.
"Even if I can hold back the armies of Poseidon and Atlantis, I may not be able to stop all the troubles at sea."
As she spoke, the goddess of wisdom turned her head and looked at the vast sea immersed in the night. Her eyes were distant and her face was filled with deep worry.
"I have a feeling that Poseidon won't give up so easily this time..."
(End of this chapter)
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