Greece brings evildoers.

Chapter 60: Instead of proving yourself, it’s better to discredit the enemy

"My lady goddess!"

Seeing the appearance of the person clearly, Ariadne, the chief priest, was happy and trotted all the way to greet him respectfully.

The old lion who followed him humbly buried his proud head, his eyes full of shame and bitterness.

"It's really remiss of me to bother you to come here in person."

"Okay, I'm not here to listen to this useless chatter."

Athena waved her hand, interrupting the polite conversation between King Minos and her chief priest, setting up a barrier with her wave, and getting straight to the point.

"Except for Knossos, what's the situation in the other cities? Let's talk about it first."

Ariadne, the chief priest who was responsible for contacting various places, nodded respectfully, summarized the situation from all parties, and told the truth to the goddess Athena whom she served.

This naturally includes the uneasy behavior of her brothers.

After listening carefully, Athena nodded slightly, without much surprise on her face.

The situation in the cities of Crete was very different from what she heard from little Medusa.

Although there were unexpected losses due to negligence, they were still within controllable range.

As for how King Minos took care of his disobedient precious sons, it was not something he should worry about.

If he had to do even this for himself, then he, the King of Crete, 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 beside her.

"Well, I probably 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 filled with deep frustration and anger.

"During the period when you returned to Olympus, Poseidon claimed that a royal guard from Atlantis was missing in the offshore area of ​​Oceanus, and there were also a large number of god-blooded sea monsters. were slaughtered, including even a demigod descendant 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 divine blood sirens and a demigod descendant of Poseidon, and then let the Atlantis guards who come to investigate disappear without a trace. Things. And looking at the entire offshore sea, it seems that the only one that can do this is Crete."

Immediately, Athena glanced at King Minos beside her, and quickly added another sentence.

"In addition, the motive is also very reasonable..."

"Goddess, I have always kept your teachings in mind, and I have never done anything like this to actively provoke a dispute!"

King Minos immediately retorted and made a firm promise.

"It's no use telling me this."

Athena raised her hand briefly, interrupting King Minos' self-evident statement that he wanted to disembowel his body and dig out his heart, and then she spoke quietly.

"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is what the other party thinks? What does Poseidon think?"

"Based on these baseless speculations, is Poseidon God going to punish us? Even the gods shouldn't be so unreasonable!"

King Minos' old face was full of unwillingness and anger, and his fists were clenched tightly.

As a wise king who strictly enforces the law, what he cannot tolerate most is this kind of behavior that uses force to trample on the rules at will.

"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 has been established!"

"..."

Hearing this cruel and subversive answer spit out from the mouth of the Lord God he believed in, King Minos, who had worked hard to uphold justice and impose strict punishments all his life, looked dejected, unable to accept this heavy reality.

Seeing the old lion's reaction in her eyes, 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...

When the goddess of wisdom saw the old man's white beard and hair and the deep marks left by time on his forehead, she sighed quietly and whispered in a deep voice.

"Whether you have done this or not, it doesn't matter. Poseidon has been coveting Crete for a long time. They just want to find a reason to intervene. Do you understand?"

"understand……"

King Minos nodded, his voice old and weak.

"I am truly ashamed of your teachings and instructions..."

"Okay, this is not your fault, why should you blame yourself for such insignificant things."

Athena waved her hand with a calm expression on her face.

Something that doesn't matter?

Hearing such a casual tone from his own goddess, Ariadne, the chief priest on the side, couldn't help but secretly sighed, and cautiously spoke to remind.

"But Your Highness, what if Poseidon comes to hold you accountable?"

"Accountability?"

Athena pursed her lips and sneered coldly.

"What is the responsibility? Shouldn't it be me who holds Poseidon accountable? He caused huge waves indiscriminately, destroying 17 seaports and 25 villages and towns on the island of Crete, and annihilated thousands of acres of fertile land. Thousands of people were killed, tens of thousands were displaced, and more than 300 large and small ships at sea were sunk because of him. Shouldn't he be responsible first?"

"what?"

Ariadne next to her was stunned when she heard that the loss had increased more than ten times.

Even King Minos himself had trouble turning his head.

Seeing the sincere reactions of the two people, the goddess of wisdom stroked her forehead helplessly and warned them sincerely.

"Remember, when the other party is not trying to reason, don't fall into the trap of self-proof and explain your innocence to others. The person who slanders you knows better than you how innocent you are, and this kind of argument will never end."

King Minos and Princess Ariadne nodded in understanding, but the confusion in their eyes proved that they still could not completely turn the corner.

Seeing this, Athena couldn't help pinching her sore eyebrows and muttering to herself.

It's really tiring to explain this to upright and simple people.

If that guy were here, he would definitely be able to follow my train of thought without explaining...

The goddess in charge of wisdom spoke in a more straightforward direction while talking about a certain little bastard who was rarely on the same wavelength as herself.

"The reason is very simple, since Poseidon can suspect that Crete massacred his divine blood family and destroyed his Atlantis Guards.

Then, I can also suspect that the Atlantean Guards have not disappeared at all. It was all framed and framed by him, directed and acted by himself. The purpose is to once again set off a great cleansing against mankind, and then expand the divine power of the ocean to the land. .

Father God can ignore other things, but he will definitely ask about this kind of thing. "

Hearing this, the father and daughter suddenly realized.

Yes, since they are all groundless conjectures, who among us is cleaner than the other?

Instead of proving yourself, it's better to discredit your enemies!
As long as things get big enough, Poseidon won't be able to intervene blatantly.

"Don't be too happy too soon!"

However, before the father and daughter could relax, Athena poured a basin of cold water on their heads.

"Even if I can hold back the armies of Poseidon and Atlantis, I may not be able to completely block all the troubles at sea."

As she spoke, the goddess of wisdom turned her head and looked at the vast sponge immersed in the night. Her eyes were far away and there was deep worry on her face.

"I have a feeling that Poseidon won't give up so easily this time..."

(End of this chapter)