The Greece Antagonist

At this moment, seeing Luo En with a contemplative expression, Persephone spoke with a meaningful reminder.

"Don't delve too deeply into secrets beyond your control, for they may very well harm you."

"I don't want to, but there are some things that must be done."

At these words, Luo En snapped back to reality and gave a wry smile, helplessly pulling down one side of his garment to reveal the faintly visible black ring-shaped mark on his chest.

The Wheel of Hecate, the mark planted by that Goddess of the Underworld, Mingyue, as part of a bet they had made years ago.

And as the collection of the twelve aspects of Divinity neared completion, the reaction of this brand seemed to grow increasingly intense...

An unsettling feeling from the unknown made Luo En hesitate to continue collecting the aspects of Divinity. He opted to temporarily pause the battle of wits against the Olympian Twelve Gods and ventured to the Netherworld first, trying to investigate and hoping to find some useful clues and leverage.

Witnessing the scene unfold, Persephone felt startled.

"You are about to [mature]? So soon!"

"[Mature]?"

Luo En was taken aback by her words, looking puzzled.

Queen of the Underworld fell silent for a moment, then sighed deeply while looking at Luo En.

"Yes, exactly what the word means. Your [fruit] is about to reach the time of [harvest]."

Luo En pondered for a while, his eyes flickering thoughtfully.

"Are you referring to the [potentiality] within me?"

Persephone nodded and asked thoughtfully.

"Do you remember who I told you was the first child to inherit this potentiality?"

"The son of the Goddess of Wisdom, Metis—Porus."

"What divine office was he supposed to inherit?"

"God of Opportunity?"

"And what about my godmother? What is the most fundamental aspect of her divine authority?"

"In the world of the gods, Hecate represents an element of chance, adding a touch of fortune. Zeus and The Three Fates pull out the threads of inevitability; they can foresee how time shall unfold. Hecate, on the other hand, adds a bit of oil to the gears, leaving room for unpredictability, thus allowing the world to turn more freely. Her privilege is to be unrestrained by Fate... [a chance of possibility]?"

Luo En murmured, recalling what he had read about Hecate in the records of the Temple of Memory, when suddenly a bolt of realization struck him,

"Porus and Hecate share the same Divinity!"

Opportunity is, in essence, a kind of chance; the nature of both is closely related.

Hearing that Luo En had come to a realization, Persephone nodded slightly, her voice deep with meaning as she inquired softly,

"What would happen if two deities with similar divine powers were to interact?"

Luo En recalled that night when Hecate had coveted him in the tent, a shiver running down his spine, his throat turning dry.

"She wants to consume me?"

Ever since the gods were born, the expansion of their divine authority and the competition of their divinity had never ceased, with countless examples of mutual consumption.
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Zeus overthrew the rule of Kronos, solidified his position as the Divine King, consumed Metis, and gained the original wisdom;

Apollo gathered the Nine Muses as lesser deities, took over the prophetic rights granted by the Goddess of Memory, and also took Helios' Sun Chariot, bringing under his control the authority of the Sun;

The river deity Occhanos exploded the Gold Coin of the old Sea God, Pontos, and thus came to possess the dominion over the sea. After the Titanomachy, Poseidon successfully usurped this divine authority, and the Sea King's throne changed hands...

Each of these events served as a reminder of the perilous situation Luo En currently found himself in.

Since their divinity shared the same origin, he was undoubtedly a flavorful feast for Hecate.

But even though he understood the covetousness of Hecate, Luo En was still confused.

"If that's the case, why didn't she just consume me earlier?"

"Because the [Seed] needs to go through the process of flowering and fruiting to yield a sweet [fruit]."

Persephone sighed and looked up at Luo En, her voice faint but significant,

"The original Porus died before he was born; my little Zagreus was born only to die again. Both had inherited the [Seed], but before it could germinate and grow, they no longer existed. Only you are still alive..."

With the Queen of the Underworld's reminder, clarity dawned on Luo En.

He finally understood why Hecate had saved him as an infant under Zeus' nose, why she had agreed to provide him with convenience and early protection, and played with him a [game] that would tip the balance of Olympus' divine authority.

The reason was simple; his presence as a BUG meant the premature birth of the future God of Wine, Dionysus. This prompted the suspicious Zeus to take action and annihilate him.

When Hecate discerned that the third seeding had failed, she had intended to reclaim the Seed representing [potentiality] for a new round of planning but found that this infant already harbored her own anomaly within him.

Thus, the Goddess of the Underworld chose to go with the flow, allowing him to inherit that [potentiality], to become the soil where the [Seed] would grow and develop.

Moreover, to provide nourishment for the [Seed], Hecate had also made a bet with him to overturn the divine order of Olympus.

Because as long as Luo En himself kept prying into [the inevitable fate] with [a chance of possibility], bringing change after change,

Correspondingly, the power of [chance] in this world would grow stronger, and the Seed within him, brimming with potentiality, would be watered and develop swiftly.

If one day, using this power, he became the [Divine King] and completely rewrote the order set by The Three Fates and Zeus, then it would be as if the [Seed] had grown into a new [World Tree], possessing the authority to control the fate of all things.