After Perseus witnessed Triton's disappearance, Ares, who had reacted, thought for a moment and instantly understood.
Yes, someone like Triton was indeed the easiest person for Athena to make a deal with. Although he was the eldest Son of the Sea God, and theoretically Poseidon's most legitimate heir, the Crown Prince of the seas in the Greek World, unfortunately, his father Poseidon was a god, not a mortal king. Theoretically, if the Age of Gods did not end and no strange things intervened from outside, his father could live until this planet under their feet died.
This meant that although Triton was a Crown Prince, he could only be an eternal Crown Prince and could never become a Sea King truly holding dominion over the four seas.
As for how Athena would entrap such a person, Ares didn't even need to think about it. Athena only needed to find Triton and tell him, 'When I overthrow Zeus and seize the position of God-King, I will be the Great God-King, and you can be the Lesser God-King of the sea.' Triton would surely nod his head vigorously.
Even though Poseidon had always doted on this son of his, when it came to such matters, Triton would not go easy on his old father.
After all, how could there be a Crown Prince for sixty years in this world?
Ares had no doubt that when Triton and Athena truly succeeded, their fathers, Zeus and Poseidon, would both be sent to Tartarus, the famous retirement home for Greek gods.
Hmm, Athena might be a bit more ruthless, directly sending Zeus to rest in peace on the spot, without going to the retirement home.
However, even after discovering this fact, Ares did not intend to do anything.
After all, he had now effectively taken control of the Underworld with Hecate, and it was only natural for Athena to secretly collude with the Prince of the sea realm. Moreover, Ares felt that the power of the Underworld gods was stronger than that of Poseidon's family.
What's more, Poseidon was not dead yet. The card of Triton and Athena's collusion could be played as a trump card if needed in the future, to thoroughly disgust Athena and Poseidon.
As Ares pondered these things, Perseus's actions also stopped. Athena saw the demigod hovering in mid-air, staring blankly in the direction where the Son of the Sea God had disappeared. Knowing why he was shocked, she spoke:
"Perseus."
Hearing Athena's call, Perseus jolted and quickly reacted: "Goddess."
"Don't worry about these details. Triton has already left."
Athena said softly:
"Quickly rescue your Princess."
Perseus said yes and turned to land on the reef.
He approached Princess Andromeda, who was disguised by Hecate. Master and disciple exchanged glances. Ares, the professional actor, had an unruffled expression, but Hecate, taking advantage of being in Athena's blind spot, winked hard at Ares and showed a smile in her eyes.
Ares was truly afraid that his teacher would suddenly burst out laughing, so he quickly stepped forward, used the Slaughter of the Undead Blade to cut the chains binding her, then pulled her into his arms, shielding her from Athena with his chest.
Hecate felt her mind go blank as she was suddenly held by Ares, but before she could feel shy, Ares's other hand suddenly covered her nose.
A pungent odor emanated from Ares's palm, rushing straight to Hecate's head. Her eyes rolled back, and she couldn't help but shed hot tears.
"You want to die!"
In the Underworld, Hecate furiously kicked Ares's back, who was sitting by the bed, with her small feet, scolding him.
"Teacher, teacher, desperate times call for desperate measures, desperate times call for desperate measures."
Ares pleaded while defending himself:
"After this act, I will apologize to you, okay?"
"You, my disciple, are becoming more and more arrogant."
Hecate kicked him twice more, then crossed her arms, huffed indignantly, and reconnected her spiritual power to Princess Andromeda.
As soon as she connected to this clone, Hecate felt her tears welling up. She endured the discomfort and shyness, wrapped her arms around the waist of Ares's Perseus clone, and choked out:
"Thank you... thank you for saving me, hero."
Seeing their daughter freed, King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia, who were on the shore, embraced and wept bitterly.
Ares controlled his clone, picked Hecate up in a bridal carry, and flew with her to the shore. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hecate retaliated by wiping all the tears and snot from this clone onto Ares's chest.
Ares ignored his teacher's little antics. He controlled Perseus, carried Hecate, and landed in front of the King and Queen, then said to them:
"Your Majesties, King and Queen, according to our agreement, I have rescued the Princess. Therefore, you should marry the Princess to me, as my wife."
"Of course, we will keep our promise."
King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia took the Princess from Perseus, then stroked her head. The family of three embraced and wept for a long time. Then, the King and Queen, along with Perseus, walked towards the Kingdom of Ethiopia.
Athena stood in the clouds, watching her plan proceed smoothly, feeling a surge of satisfaction.
However, she thought for a moment and mumbled, "This is not safe enough."
So, Athena transformed into a passerby, blocked the path of Perseus and his group, and temporarily lent Perseus her shield, which was already inlaid with a magical eye. Then, she flew into the sky, returned to Olympus, and found Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty, resting in her palace.
At this moment, because the previous plan to shoot Hades failed, the Goddess of Beauty had also been banished by Zeus. Her status among the twelve main gods plummeted. Zeus distributed the worship from two areas under her control to his beloved younger son, Hermes. Although Hermes promised to share the worship with her to please the beauty, Aphrodite was still very unhappy.
Her son, Eros, had also been confined to her palace recently, no longer allowed to go out freely and play with the Nymphs under her command. This was not a punishment for Eros, but rather a protection, because she worried that her son would be killed by various accidents as soon as he left. One must know that after the failure of the last plan, she not only offended Zeus, the instigator, but also Hades, the King of the Underworld, and Demeter, the mother whose daughter was taken.
These two were powerful gods she could not afford to offend. It was fine when Zeus supported her, but now if her son suffered any misfortune due to the retaliation of these two great gods, Zeus would absolutely no longer uphold justice for her.
Athena entered the palace and found the Goddess of Beauty. Seeing the Goddess of Wisdom approach, the Goddess of Beauty showed a slightly sarcastic smile. She asked:
"Ever-pure Athena, what brings you to me? Could it be that you are also lonely and have some need?"
"Of course not."
Athena shook her head, looking at Aphrodite:
"Goddess of Beauty, Little Eros himself can also create arrows of love, right? I want to borrow your son for a while."