The Greece Antagonist

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"It's always good to be prepared," King Minos paused before continuing to press, "Up until now, what percentage of the population has left?"

The Second Princess hesitated upon hearing this question.

Yet, under her father's piercing gaze, she couldn't hide the truth and confessed the situation honestly.

"Close to eighty percent..."

"To think that there are still twenty percent who chose to stay, not bad..." King Minos smiled to himself, muttering under his breath.

Hearing her father's words and mistaking them for sarcasm, the Second Princess immediately spoke up to comfort him.

"That's only for the other city-states. In Knossos City, more than thirty percent have chosen to stay, willing to stand with you until the very last breath in battle for this land! My sisters and I feel the same!"

King Minos shook his head at his daughter's promise, smiling without a word, just gazing at the sunset inch by inch dipping below the horizon and murmured.

"It's been five days now, all who would have left have gone..."

The Second Princess felt the sadness in her father's words, her lips quivered as if she wanted to persuade him further, but before she could speak, an aged hand landed heavily on her shoulder.

"Then, take your two sisters and those who remain, and leave by boat at midnight tomorrow. There are three hundred Divine Blood Guards on the boat that I have left for you. From now on, they will all be at your command."

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Upon hearing King Minos's instructions, the Second Princess's expression changed, first in bewildered shock, then she quickly kneeled and swore an oath.

"Father, I will not leave. I will never abandon you!"

"I know, you have already proven your loyalty to Crete Island..."

The old man nodded, a relieved smile on his face as his withered right hand gently caressed his daughter's smooth hair.

"That's why I entrust the purest seeds of the Minosians into your hands."

Suddenly, the Second Princess's mind thundered as the events of recent times connected, and the answer spilled from her lips.

"You had this planned all along?"

King Minos nodded slightly, his aged eyes glancing toward the shadows in the corner.

"Why don't you tell her?"

At this moment, under the shocked gaze of the Second Princess, a scribe who had been hiding in the shadows emerged, supporting King Minos as he lay down while leisurely beginning to speak.

Stepping out from behind the scenes, Luo En briefly paused before revealing the plan he and King Minos had agreed upon on that night to the princess, who had been kept in the dark.

In fact, this was both an amnesty and a test.

Allowing five princes, a group of subjects, and tens of thousands of citizens to flee was indeed because King Minos did not want his Minosians to sacrifice themselves in vain for a war that they could not win.

On the other hand, they were also using this as an opportunity to filter out those who were truly steadfast in mind, worthy of carrying on the pure seeds of Minosian civilization.

After several rounds of elimination, those who ultimately chose to stay were undoubtedly the most suitable candidates, and they were the gift that King Minos intended to leave for his High Priestess daughter and the Great Mother Goddess Athena.

In truth, to put it more cruelly,

The first groups, led by the eldest prince, seemed to have taken advantage of the situation, but they were testing the attitude of the gods with their lives and pioneering a safe passage to the mainland.

If anything went wrong, they would be the first to be sacrificed.

And the one who could make such an unscrupulous suggestion was, of course, a devious scribe deficient in virtue.

But the first group to depart was lucky enough; they did not attract the attention of the gods or the Sea Beasts.

Or perhaps, the actions of such insignificant creatures as humans mattered not at all to them.

Of course, these layers of strategy were not fit to be disclosed to the Second Princess before him.

Now, she simply needed to understand that among the Minosians who had been tested and remained steadfast, her group was the true seed that King Minos placed his hopes in.

Yet even knowing the truth, the Second Princess still harbored doubts.

"But, Father..."
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"Do as you're told, this is the Goddess's command!"

The old man interrupted his daughter's hesitation, his face stern.

Finally, after King Minos invoked the name of Athena, the High Priestess Second Princess fell silent for a moment, then changed her question.

"What if they refuse to come with me?"

"Then get them drunk, knock them out, and throw them on the ship one by one!"

Luo En was already prepared for this, stepping forward to advise the High Priestess.

The Second Princess shook her head, countering again.

"But what if even then, there are those who refuse to go?"

"Then..."

Luo En was about to speak when an emaciated, old arm pressed down on his shoulder.

King Minos sat up from the bed, tension creasing his face, and spoke solemnly.

"Then let me protect them, until the very last moment!"

...

Hearing the unmistakable determination in those words, the Second Princess offered no rebuttal, nodded in silence, and finally accepted the arrangement from her father.

On the sixth day, at dawn.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thousands of purple-white thunderbolts exploded from cloud after cloud, shuttling through or striking vertically amongst the endless night sky, like wrathful dragons descended to the world.

The faint light of the lightning revealed that the torrential rain continued to pour down.

The sea level had risen nearly a hundred meters, the turbulent floodwaters had completely submerged the outer coastal defenses and half the island, and even the city walls of Knossos, which had been raised and reinforced in recent days, were almost overwhelmed.

One hurricane after another swept across the undulating waves, crisscrossing and raging, connecting heaven and earth, complemented by the dense thunder, illuminating each other.

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